Ken Burns' epic 10-episode "Jazz" ended Wednesday. Its ratings didn't light up the heavens but its impact was nothing if not massive. The greatest film ever made about one of the greatest of ...

The late composer, musician and bandleader Duke Ellington once said, ''I contend that the Negro is the creative voice of America, IS creative America, and it was a happy day when the first unhappy ...

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 ...

Ken Burns is back with his latest opus "The American Revolution," coming out at a fraught time not just for PBS but the political system at large.