The special event features a preview screening, filmmaker discussion, and living history insights ahead of the PBS premiere.

That same philosophy drives his newest project, The American Revolution, a sweeping six-part, 12-hour documentary that ...

The new 12-hour documentary about the United States’ origin story will begin broadcasting Nov. 16 on WHYY and other PBS stations.

Washington, DC – March 10, 2025 – On March 12, 2025, PBS LearningMedia, PBS’s online destination for PreK-12 teachers and students, will join filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, and iCivics at a ...

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 ...

Sarah Botstein has for more than two decades produced some of the most widely-watched and acclaimed documentaries on PBS. Her work, in collaboration with directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, includes ...

Ken Burns attends a discussion of the book "The Small and the Mighty" at 92NY on September 25, 2024 in New York City (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...

PBS is the “Declaration of Independence applied to broadcasting,” documentarian Ken Burns told Anderson Cooper on “AC360” Friday night. Burns joined Cooper to explain the necessity and function of ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns said it's "shortsighted" to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as public media has become a target of the White House in recent months. "This seems ...