The West

The West

1996
★★★★☆ 8.4/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 9 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 80 min/episode
Documentary
The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.

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Seasons

Season 1
1996 • 9 Episodes
The West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a New World when Europeans arrive, a world shaken by incompatible visions. And almost three centuries later, when Lewis and Clark venture west to find a Northwest Passage, this world becomes the testing-ground for a young nation's continent-spanning dream.

Cast

Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
Self - Writer
Murphy Guyer
Murphy Guyer
Self
John Trudell
John Trudell
Self
Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach
Self
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Self

Crew

Director
Stephen Ives
Writer
Stephen Ives, Geoffrey C. Ward
Producer
Ken Burns

Network

PBS

Production

Insignia Films

Keywords

wild west