NEW YORK (AP) — On a chilly midweek afternoon, hundreds of New York City high school students gathered in the pews of Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. The lesson was “Who tells your story?” The ...

There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’ editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” Even the prolific documentarian, who spends more time than most exploring the difficult truths of our nation’s history, ...

NEW YORK — Ken Burns’ series “The Roosevelts” earned PBS its biggest audience in two decades, making it the documentary maker’s third most popular film after “The Civil War” and “Lewis & Clark: The ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has examined some of the most defining moments of American history. He's delved into the Civil War, dissected America's response to the Holocaust and chronicled the evolution of ...

This image released by Trinity Church NYC shows Ken Burns, left, and Lin-Manuel Miranda at a “Who tells your story?” event at the church in New York on Nov. 12, 2025. (Jose A. Alvarado/Trinity Church ...