Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of ...

Renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has spoken out about President Donald Trump‘s plans to cut federal funding for PBS, calling the proposal “shortsighted.” In an interview that aired on Sunday’s ...

Ken Burns UNUM is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV ...

Episode 1: Gumbo. Jazz begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fills the ...

Created by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, ... each episode has a live PBS broadcast on September 18, 20, and 21 at 8 to 10 p.m. ET. ...

Ken Burns' The Vietnam War documentary has been praised for its attention to detail, its depth, and its ability to focus on such a wide swath of the war.With 10 episodes and 18 hours to dedicate ...

Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, co-directors of “The American Revolution,” which will premiere on Nov. 16, 2025, on PBS. You see that at the beginning of the first episode.

In a new two-part documentary film for PBS on da Vinci’s life, co-directed and written by Ken Burns’ daughter Sarah Burns and his son-in-law David McMahon, the trio of filmmakers leave their ...

And, little known fact, “Leonardo da Vinci” is Burns’s first foray into a non-American subject. The four-hour PBS documentary series premieres tonight at 8, concluding with part two at 8 p.m ...