Ken Burns

In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring ...

Today it’s a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems ...

They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world ...

For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling ...

For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made ...

Thomas Hart Benton’s paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ...

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country’s most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, ...

Ken Burns’ portrait of Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long.

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central ...

Join an American couple’s courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will ...

The Mayo Clinic: Faith – Hope – Science tells the story of a unique medical institution that has been called a “Medical ...