Filmmaker Ken Burns, in his latest documentary series, tackles what he calls ‘the most important event in the history of the ...

LOS ANGELES - Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns recently compared current issues to "three great crises" of the past in America: the Civil War, the Great Depression and World War II. Burns, an ...

Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story ...

NEW YORK (AP) — From the time it aired nearly 30 years ago, Ken Burns' Civil War documentary has been a popular sensation and subject of debate. The 11-hour, nine-part series premiered in September ...

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

World-renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burks is scheduled to speak at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville next month. Burns will discuss the Civil War in a presentation called “Mystic Chords of ...