Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South to the northern abolitionists who opposed it.

JAY UNGAR: We were asked by Ken [Burns] to come to Brattleboro, Vermont, and record music for The Civil War series ... and I think that's part of why it works. MOLLY MASON: I remember one scene ...

PBS Distribution will launch Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon's documentary series on the life and works of Leonardo ...

His 6-part, 12-hour Revolutionary War project, already six years in the works, is slated to come out in 2025. While Burns ...

(JTA) — For his next historical deep dive, famed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is exploring ... ever worked on,” Burns, the director of such works as “The Civil War,” “Jazz” and ...

The Dyer County Historical Society is partnering with West Tennessee PBS to provide a special a special preview screening of a documentary about Leonardo da Vinci by Ken Burns The screening will take ...

Legendary filmmaker Ken Burns received the Liberty ... for both film and television. Burns’ most well-known documentaries include “The Civil War,” “Baseball,” “Jazz,” “Prohibition ...

He will be at the WNED-TV studios to be part of a panel ... will include why Ken Burns, the award-winning documentarian whose works include “Vietnam,” “The Civil War,” “The War ...