Direction: Ken Burns

Direction Ken Burns · Lynn Novick

Plot A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.

Direction Ken Burns · Lynn Novick

Plot An in-depth look (10 episodes) at the American military operations in Vietnam during the 1960s and '70s as well as the growing opposition against the war within the United States.

Direction Ken Burns

Plot TV Miniseries about jazz. 12 episodes. 1 hour each.

Direction Ken Burns

Cast Peter Coyote · Johnny Cash · June Carter Cash · Jimmie Rodgers

Plot 8 Episodes. 16 Hours. Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings,...

Direction Ken Burns

Cast David McCullough · Shelby Foote · Sam Waterston · Jason Robards

Plot This highly acclaimed mini series traces the course of the U.S. Civil War from the abolitionist movement through all the major battles to the death of President Lincoln and the...

Direction Ken Burns · Lynn Novick

Cast Patricia Clarkson · Jeff Daniels · Mary-Louise Parker · Keri Russell

Plot 3 episodes. Explore the painstaking process through which Hemingway created some of the most important works of fiction in American letters. Premiere: April 5 on PBS.

Direction Ken Burns · Lynn Novick

Cast Peter Coyote · Adam Arkin · Philip Bosco · Patricia Clarkson

Plot The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.

Direction Ken Burns · Lynn Novick

Plot This film illustrates the life and work of the American architect. We follow the development of his work and his turbulent family life amidst scandal and tragedy. Despite all the...

Direction Ken Burns · Sarah Burns · David McMahon

Plot A documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and...

Direction Sarah Botstein · Ken Burns · Lynn Novick

Plot This six-hour limited series examines America's response to the Holocaust before, during, and after WWII.

Direction Ken Burns

Plot Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long.

Direction Ken Burns · Sarah Burns · David McMahon

Cast Muhammad Ali

Plot An in-depth look at the life of boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his years as an activist and philanthropist.

Direction Ken Burns

Cast William Segal

Plot William Segal (1904-2000) was a philosopher, publisher, writer, and painter who searched relentlessly and compassionately for meaning in the chaotic and distracted time we call the 20th Century. The student...

Direction Ken Burns

Cast Arthur Miller

Plot This documentary chronicles the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The difficult construction process is described in interesting detail; later parts of the film interview current notables who describe...

Direction Ken Burns

Cast Dorothy Williamson · Donald Worster · Timothy Egan · Calvin Crabill

Plot TV Mini-series (5 episodes). A documentary about the 1930s drought of North American prairie farm land, and its consequences during the great depression.

Direction Ken Burns

Cast John Logan Allen · Stephen Ambrose · Gerard Baker · Dayton Duncan

Plot The story of the most important American exploration expedition in American history and the participants in it.

Direction Ken Burns

Plot For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.

Direction Ken Burns

Plot TV Mini-Series (2023). 2 Episodes. A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.

Direction Ken Burns

Plot Documentary showing the history of the world-famous Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.

Direction Ken Burns

Cast Carolyn McCormick · Adam Arkin · Lorie Barnum · Kathleen Barry

Plot The story of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and their life long fight to bring equal rights to women.