The Vietnam War
Tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film.
Ken Burns Classroom
Ken Burns Classroom
Tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film.
The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance but also of hubris, paternalism and misperception.
Honors the experiences of those who lived through the greatest cataclysm in human history by providing the opportunity for them to bear witness to their own history.
Tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address.
The entire sweep of the American Civil War, the complex causes, the battles, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.
Tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989.
The story of Twain’s extraordinary life-full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and crushing defeat, hilarious comedy and almost unbearable tragedy.
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 car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled “horseless carriage.”
The film chronicles the environmental catastrophe that, throughout the 1930s, destroyed the farmlands of the Great Plains, turned prairies into deserts, and unleashed a pattern of massive, deadly dust storms that for many seemed to herald the end of the world.
The story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics.
In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America’s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself.
Tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery.
Tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and the entire era it encompassed.
Jack Johnson — the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World, whose dominance over his white opponents spurred furious debates and race riots in the early 20th century.
Tells the story of an American icon whose life-long battle for first class citizenship for all African Americans transcends even his remarkable athletic achievements.
Tells the tumultuous story of America’s national pastime from the early 1990s to the present day, introducing an unforgettable array of players, teams and fans, celebrating the game’s resilience and enduring appeal, and showcasing both extraordinary accomplishments.