Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns lamented the federal spending cuts to PBS and praised public broadcasting as the "Declaration of Independence" of communication.

Three experts discuss their behind-the-scenes experience as historical advisers to the new series.

Congress is moving toward revoking a billion dollars in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the entity that steers funds to public media stations. William Brangham ...

Renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has spoken out about President Donald Trump‘s plans to cut federal funding for PBS, calling the proposal “shortsighted.” Burns, whose upcoming six-part series ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns defended federal funding for PBS on Hasan Minhaj's podcast, warning rural areas could become a "news desert" without it.

Backstage at a Wayne State University auditorium, Ken Burns opens a can of Vernors and fields a question about Jeff Daniels providing the voice of Thomas Jefferson in “The American Revolution.” Why ...

If you have never taken the time to view Ken Burns' nine-part documentary series "Baseball" on PBS, you are in luck. The station is airing the entire series, which came out in September 1994, for free ...

Ken Burns has been telling the story of America through his entire career with genre-defining documentaries on the Civil War, the Vietnam War, and now the American Revolution. This week, Ben and Max ...

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 ...