Ken Burns’s New Documentary Makes Its N.C. Debut at UNC Asheville
Country Music, Ken Burns’s new PBS documentary series, comes to public television this September, and Burns’s co-producers Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey, and Pam Tubridy Baucom hosted a special premiere screening and discussion at UNC Asheville in April, drawing a full-house crowd of nearly 500 in the new Blue Ridge Room in Highsmith Student Union. In addition to the premiere screening, Duncan, Dunfey, and Baucom also took time to meet with faculty and students from various departments on campus, including history, mass communication, and music—all disciplines that came into play during the creation of the Country Music documentary—and hosted a special reception for the Asheville community