Ken Burns Documentary Mired In Controversy

Burns has been under fire from Latino advocacy groups for months now, who argued that the contributions of over half a million Hispanic troops were all but ignored in the film. Burns and PBS agreed to add new footage to the film, and hired a Latino filmmaker, Hector Galan, to help him do it. PBS also moved the air date from September 16-- the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month-- to September 23.

Burns’ feet still aren’t out of the fire, though; TheCelebrityCafe reports that some see Burns’ willingness to re-edit as political correctness, rather than an actual desire to set the record straight. “We understand perfectly that he only added the new interviews under pressure and, right now, it looks like he's not very proud of that new material,” said Rosa Rosales, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens. Ouch.