Filmmaker Ken Burns writes about the Founding Fathers' notion of citizenship and how democracy demands participation and engagement.

Did you know Gen. George Washington spent more time in New Jersey than anywhere else during the American Revolution? New Jersey plays a prominent role in Ken Burns' latest documentary, "The American ...

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 ...

Ahead of the structure's 50th anniversary, Mark Myers, the director of The Tower That Built a City, talks architectural legacy and the inevitability of ...

Mark Myers writes about why he needed to tell the whole story behind the city's ultimate symbol, just in time for its 50th anniversary ...

As a kid, James Finley watched Ken Burns’ documentaries about the Civil War and baseball over and over. “I remember just being in awe of the people who were talking — how do they know so much? ,” ...

Famed public television documentarian Ken Burns was in northwest Arkansas late last week, and the main thing I got from a news article about his visit and public appearance was that Gay White has ...

ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SAYS WIND MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. THERE WAS A LOT OF IT TODAY. TONIGHT, CRYSTAL BRIDGES HOSTED AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER KEN BURNS AS HE SHARES HIS LATEST FILM, THE ...

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 ...

BENTONVILLE -- Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker, said Friday he was moved by the support Arkansans showed for the Public Broadcasting Service when the Arkansas Educational Television Commission ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to filmmaker Ken Burns, an alumnus of Hampshire College, about the school's plan to permanently close at the end of the fall semester. Hampshire College in Western ...

Ken Burns joins TV critic Eric Deggans in Sarasota for a rare, in-depth conversation. From The Civil War to Country Music, Burns reflects on storytelling, history, and the forces shaping America — ...