Longtime documentary filmmaker Ken Burns praised the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as the "Declaration of Independence" for communications while lamenting the loss of its federal funding on ...

Backstage at a Wayne State University auditorium, Ken Burns opens a can of Vernors and fields a question about Jeff Daniels providing the voice of Thomas Jefferson in “The American Revolution.” Why ...

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus t History Center will host a Jan.

Austin (CNN) — Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all ...

Ken Burns discusses his new documentary series “The American Revolution.” The American Revolution is U.S. historians' Holy Grail, and Ken Burns says there is still much to be learned. Burns has been ...

On Idaho Today, host Mellisa Paul sits down in an exclusive Zoom interview with legendary filmmaker Ken Burns ahead of the premiere of his sweeping new series The American Revolution. Drawing on his ...

Newark, NJ – September 17, 2025 – The filmmaker Ken Burns today will join 1,000-plus students from across the state of New Jersey to commemorate Constitution Day and to discuss the importance of New ...

Ken Burns and I have just met at Bowling Green, the tiny park at the bottom tip of Manhattan, when he brings up “all the lives that have been through here.” He doesn’t mean the tourists lined up to ...

"From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen. Not to be extinguished." Cultural historian and filmmaker Ken Burns has delighted audiences with in-depth documentaries about American life.

The North Country’s local PBS stations will host sneak previews of a long-anticipated documentary series this week. Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” is a six-part, 12-hour series that's a decade ...