Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.
A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere ...
That same philosophy drives his newest project, The American Revolution, a sweeping six-part, 12-hour documentary that premieres Sunday, November 16, 2025 on PBS and continues nightly through November ...
The name of the sitting U.S. president was never uttered during Thursday night’s New York premiere of Ken Burns’s PBS docuseries The American Revolution (nor, for the record, was the name Jimmy Kimmel ...
Filmmaker Ken Burns, in his latest documentary series, tackles what he calls ‘the most important event in the history of the ...
When Ken Burns started making his series on the American Revolution nearly a decade ago, he knew one of his biggest challenges would be casting George Washington. The renowned documentarian has worked ...
The name of the sitting U.S. president was never uttered during Thursday night’s New York premiere of Ken Burns’s PBS docuseries The American Revolution (nor, for the record, was the name Jimmy Kimmel ...
From left, Jeffrey Goldberg, Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Tom Hanks at the New York premiere of PBS’s "The American Revolution." at the Atlantic Festival. Michael ...