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

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

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.

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

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.

“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 ...

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.

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.

Documentarian Ken Burns is heading to Boston in April Burns will be in Massachusetts to discuss his forthcoming documentary on the American Revolution Burns is a New ...

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