The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...

This is why Burns has created his latest piece for PBS PBS +0.7%, a three part, six‑hour series entitled The U.S. and the Holocaust.

American history is more polarizing than ever. But the country’s leading storyteller wants to prove there’s still an appetite ...

Ken Burns on the genius of Leonardo da Vinci Ever since he got a movie camera for his 17th birthday, Ken Burns has been making documentaries.

Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" is an examination of the past and a critique of the present. It premieres in November on PBS.

“What about ‘O Pioneers!’ or ‘My Ántonia’?” asks the documentarian and author of the forthcoming photo book “Our America.” “For that matter, what about Gabriel García Márquez ...

But it could be premiering on a PBS deprived of federal funding by Donald Trump and Republicans. In an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" set to air this weekend and taped at Thomas Jefferson's ...

And Ken Burns, welcome to the show. KEN BURNS, AUTHOR AND EDITOR, “OUR AMERICA: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY” AND FILMMAKER: Thank you, Walter. Happy holidays. ISAACSON: This is an amazing book.

Ken Burns gave a commencement speech at Brandeis University's graduation in which he addressed the 2024 election.

Ken Burns Explains What The American Revolution Can Teach Us in 2025 We caught up with the celebrated filmmaker as he gave audiences at the Winspear Opera House a preview of his newest project.

The U.S. beat Nazi Germany, but Ken Burns' "The U.S. and the Holocaust" argues that leaders and citizens could have done more to help the persecuted.