NPR's history podcast Throughline speaks with Ken Burns about his latest documentary, The American Revolution.

The award-winning documentarian reflects on the complexities of the U.S.'s origin story — and the lessons it offers the present.

Filmmaker Ken Burns, who's helped viewers understand American history, shared what he thinks would surprise the nation's ...

Documentarian Ken Burns releases a 12-hour series, 'The American Revolution,' urging Americans to revisit their country's origins. With his work, Burns challenges myths and offers a complex view of ...

Ken Burns is back. A storyteller of America for nearly 50 years, the lauded documentary maker has a new series airing on PBS — and yes, it’s another epic. Having made his name in the 1990s with The ...

Ken Burns attends the 10th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards on Nov. 9 in New York City. "When I was a little boy, I was embarrassed by the fact that all of my friends read novels, and I read ...

A talk featuring documentary filmmaker Ken Burns at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has sold out more than two months ...

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced that its latest guest for the "Building Bridges" lecture series will be ...

Burns was honored with the Critics Choice Impact Award at the 10th annual ceremony on Nov. 9 Ken Burns has always loved history. The famous documentarian, whose body of work includes more than 40 ...