Brooklyn Bridge (film)


Brooklyn Bridge is a documentary film on the history of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was produced by Ken Burns, Roger Sherman, Buddy Squires, and Amy Stechler in 1981. The film included interviews with personalities such as New York Times architectural critic Paul Goldberger and writer Arthur Miller plus film clips featuring Bugs Bunny and Frank Sinatra. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was narrated by historian David McCullough, who wrote the book the film was based on.
The film was rebroadcast nationally twice: on January 29, 1992, preceding the then-new documentary from Burns, , and on October 21, 2002, as part of Ken Burns: America's Stories.

Film Honors

- Academy-Award nomination, 1982

- Guggenheim Fellowship

- Christopher Award, 1983

- Erik Barnouw Prize: Historical Films

- Festival Dei Popoli, special mention

- American Film Festival, Blue Ribbon

- CINE Gold Eagle

- MOMA/New Directors, selection

- Chicago International Film Festival

- FILMEX, selection

- Birmingham Film Festival, 1st in category