Ken Burns talks to Jacobin about his new documentary, The American Revolution; the ongoing project of 1776; and why the ...

Washington, DC – May 6, 2026 -- THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the six-part, 12-hour documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, that premiered on PBS in November 2025, will ...

BENTONVILLE -- Calling for connection among humans who stand to benefit from unity was a recurring theme Friday during Ken Burns' appearance at Heartland Whole Health Institute. He elicited ...

The announcement on Tuesday that Hampshire College will close, after years of financial strain, reverberated through the campus community and among its well-known alums. Filmmaker Ken Burns, a 1971 ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns argued Wednesday that America’s current political divisions, while concerning, pale in comparison to those of the Revolutionary era, urging Americans to look to the ...

As the United States prepares to mark 250 years since its founding, Ken Burns is urging viewers to revisit that moment anew. The award-winning documentarian — whose work has chronicled everything from ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joins Olivia Walton April 17 for the next installment of Building Bridges at Heartland Whole Health Institute on the Crystal Bridges Campus in Bentonville. Tickets are ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it’s out of an understandable ...

Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life. In an interview with “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, the filmmaker challenged how the nation ...

Award-winning filmmaker and historian Ken Burns of Walpole played the role of cleanup hitter Friday, making the final argument in New Hampshire’s bid to convince the Democratic National Committee (DNC ...

Documentarian Ken Burns told NBC's "Meet the Press" that on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he believes Americans are worried about the country lasting another ten years. KEN ...

BRINGING BEFORE THE DNC RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE. KEN BURNS, THE WORLD RENOWNED DOCUMENTARIAN WHO LIVES IN WALPOLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, IS PROVIDING THE CLOSING ARGUMENT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST IN THE ...