Ken Burns' The Vietnam War documentary has been praised for its attention to detail, its depth, and its ability to focus on such a wide swath of the war.With 10 episodes and 18 hours to dedicate ...

“The Vietnam War,” which premiered on PBS on Sept. 17, is a Ken Burns documentary, but he couldn’t have made the film without his longtime co-director, Lynn Novick. And Novick isn’t just ...

Burns and "The American Revolution" co-director David Schmidt walk in Colonial Williamsburg. Burns says he does not take his ...

The documentarian will hold a live talk at Seattle's McCaw Hall on July 14, during which a sneak preview of the documentary ...

Documentary historian Ken Burns pushed back against the idea that political division is increasing in the nation, suggesting ...

After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva ...

The Netflix series is not the first major attempt in recent years to tackle the war on film. Most significantly, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick made a 10-part, 18-hour documentary series for PBS called ...

American history is more polarizing than ever. But the country’s leading storyteller wants to prove there’s still an appetite ...

As America enters the 250th year since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, director Ken Burns tells John ...