‘Human nature doesn’t change.’ Ken Burns on what we learn from the American Revolution.

In 1975, a skinny Hampshire College kid making his first movie, a documentary about rural life in the early 1800s, hauled his ...
NBC New York

Getting Pumped for Burns' “Baseball” Return

In his classic routine on the differences between football and baseball, George Carlin noted that the action on the gridiron is rigidly timed while the National Pastime is essentially timeless. "We ...
The Atlantic

Ken Burns's Return to Baseball Snags Mixed Reviews

At 8 p.m. tonight on PBS, Ken Burns returns to baseball with his much-anticipated documentary "The Tenth Inning." Picking up where his celebrated 1994 documentary "Baseball" left off, Burns explores ...

Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...

Solve the November Bonus Puzzle

This month’s grid is a collaboration between Ken Burns, a documentarian, and Christina Iverson, a puzzle editor.

Luis Valdez Doc Garners the $200,000 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize

A documentary about renowned playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez has won the seventh annual $200,000 Library of Congress ...