Every film we make presents its own unique difficulty to us as storytellers — and this one proved particularly challenging. How do you construct a narrative on an institution that has embraced ...

Ray Leopold was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on December 13, 1914, the son of a Jewish immigrant from Latvia. He graduated from Wilby High School in 1933 and became a mortgage broker. He was ...

That’s when I remembered I have one. We all do. In the blessed form of Ken Burns documentaries. I am a longtime Ken Burns fan. Before the pandemic set in, I had already seen many of his films.

We're back with a companion to 'Muhammad Ali', an epic 4-part documentary biography ... It's a fascinating conversation about how they and co-director Ken Burns approached the task of telling ...

This Sunday, PBS premieres, The U.S., and The Holocaust, Ken Burn’s three-part six-hour documentary, produced and directed by Burns, Lynn Novick and and Sarah Botstein. You might wonder what ...

The series, directed by Ken Burns, features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists. No-one has told the story this way before.

From left, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston; filmmaker Ken Burns; and Jake Boritt, director of the Gettysburg Film Festival. (Dave Johnson/Adams County Historical Society) GETTYSBURG, Pa.

Known worldwide as “the Greatest”, three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer Muhammad Ali (USA) was designated UN Messenger of Peace in 1998. Spending most of his time outside the boxing ...

Just as it was long ago, when Lincoln spoke to thousands, history offers us hope. Ken Burns (X: @KenBurns) is a filmmaker known nationally and internationally for his award-winning public ...

Before he was “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali was the “Louisville Lip.” The legendary boxer was born and bred in Louisville, Kentucky, and he had a special relationship with the city ...

Thanks to Will Smith and Michael Mann, Muhammad Ali is the talk ... lawdy he's great," and Ali called Frazier, "One helluva man." Norton, Ken. He busted Ali's jaw in their first fight in 1973 ...