Ken Burns
-
Ken Burns on ‘The American Buffalo’ and the Tragedy of Mass Eradication
In his latest docuseries, the five-time Emmy winner explores the near-extinction of the buffalo in the context of the Native American experience
-
‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Documentary From Ken Burns to Premiere on PBS in November
The network will also air a 50-year “NOVA” special, a docuseries on disco and the addition of “Purlie Victorious” to “Great Performances”
-
Ken Burns Draws Parallels Between WWII and Today in ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
TheWrap magazine: “We wanted to remind people of the fragility of the institutions that we take for granted,” the documentarian told TheWrap
-
Ken Burns Warns DeSantis’ ‘Rewriting of History’ in Florida Schools ‘Feels Like a Soviet System’: ‘Not a Democracy’ (Video)
“These bills that DeSantis and others are doing limit our ability to understand who we are,” the filmmaker said
-
Ken Burns Compares DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard Shipment of Migrants to the Holocaust: ‘Straight Out of the Authoritarian Playbook’ (Video)
The Florida governor has joined Texas’ Greg Abbott in sending illegal immigrants to liberal hubs
-
Ken Burns Calls Mark Zuckerberg ‘an Enemy of the State’
“He doesn’t give a s–t about us, the United States. He knows he can transcend it,” Burns tells the New York Times about Zuckerberg
-
Did Ernest Hemingway Succumb to CTE? PBS Doc Explores His Ill-Fated Concussions
The great American novelist died more than 40 years before the discovery of the degenerative brain disease
-
More Than 130 BIPOC Filmmakers Call Out PBS for ‘Over-Reliance’ on Ken Burns
“Public television supporting this level of uninvestigated privilege is troubling not just for us as filmmakers but as tax-paying Americans,” an open letter reads
-
PBS Chief Insists Network Doesn’t Favor Ken Burns at Expense of Filmmakers of Color
“We are committed to a rich pipeline with lots of voices and we will continue to look for ways that we can bring even more people forward,” Paula Kerger says
-
‘The Vietnam War’ Director Lynn Novick on Why That Conflict Still Resonates Today
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “Culture wars and divisiveness and cynicism and mistrust came forth in a violent way during Vietnam, and we’ve never gotten past it,” Novick says
-
PBS Orders Documentaries on Woodstock, Reconstruction and a Ken Burns Look at Genes
TCA 2018: “Baseball” filmmaker is going to have to zoom in real tight for this one
-
Beth Hoppe Leaves PBS to Oversee Long-Form Programming at ABC News
Senior vice president will run “20/20,” other shows
-
‘Jane’ Wins Top Prize at Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards
Other winners at the second annual event included “Kedi,” “Cries From Syria,” “Ex Libris” and “The Vietnam War”
-
TCA Awards: The Complete Winners List
“The Handmaid’s Tale” is 2017’s top program, Carrie Coon gets recognized for two series, and FX again leads the evening
-
Tribeca TV Lineup to Include ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Premieres
Ron Howard’s “Genius,” Ken Burns “The Vietnam War” and the documentary “I Am Heath Ledger” will also debut at the festival
