Burns in the USA

Burns in the USA

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 25, 2017

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

Burns in the USA

Production Companies

BBC Scotland

Director

Ian Lilley

Description

Robert Burns was well aware of the revolution taking place across the Atlantic as he grew up. The poet was inspired. And America was to be inspired by him. From Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman to Bob Dylan, some of the most significant figures in American politics and culture have cited Burns as an influence.