Director Ken Burns is well known for his often-multipart PBS films about varied segments of the ongoing history of America, ...

From Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson to Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, American stars help tell the story of The American ...

Ken Burns is reentering boxing’s storytelling ring, and it’s another iconic heavyweight who’s his muse this time around. The acclaimed documentarian will debut a four-part, eight-hour documentary on ...

With co-directors David Schmidt and Sarah Botstein, he tells America’s origin story in his new film, “ The American ...

Like every great Ken Burns documentary, the letters and writings of the people involved are an important part of telling the ...

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual ...

One reason that it is such a rich tapestry of Ali's unparalleled engagement with American love and the respect and reverence that accompany it is that this epic documentary for PBS is a ...

There’s no photographs. There’s no news reels. The cast of characters is so spectacularly diverse," Ken Burns said in an ...

David Rubenstein, a Baltimore philanthropist and owner of the Orioles baseball team, is once again helping Ken Burns shape ...

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has done it once again! Burns’ recent treatment of Muhammad Ali, in a four-part documentary that aired in September, is a welcomed addition to his ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Well-known documentarian Ken Burns made a stop in Rhode Island Thursday to preview an upcoming documentary series of his that will be airing next month on PBS. Burns, along ...

John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of ...