Famed documentarian Ken Burns visited Portland this week to show excerpts from the upcoming documentary series, "The American ...

"I think the American Revolution is the most important event since the birth of Christ in all of world history. … I mean, it turned the world upside down," Burns told CBS News' John Dickerson in an ...

Burns and "The American Revolution" co-director David Schmidt walk in Colonial Williamsburg. Burns says he does not take his ...

Congress is moving toward revoking a billion dollars in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ...

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The documentarian will hold a live talk at Seattle's McCaw Hall on July 14, during which a sneak preview of the documentary ...

While promoting his documentary series "The American Revolution" at the Palace of Fine Arts, the famed filmmaker said the U.S ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns tells NPR's Michel Martin about the role that federal funding has played in his documentary work and the ...

Ken Burns told Axios that his forthcoming six-part series — "The American Revolution" — has been in the works since December 2015 and required "years and years and years" of filming war reenactors ...

Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns will make a stop in Providence on Thursday, October 16, as part of a national tour promoting ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns said it's "shortsighted" to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as public ...

Burns — whose upcoming film "The American Revolution" is expected to air on PBS on Nov. 16 — also reflected on some of the "complicated stories" in America's short history.