Filmmaker Ken Burns said it's "shortsighted" to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as public ...

Renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has spoken out about President Donald Trump‘s plans to cut federal funding for PBS, calling the proposal “shortsighted.” In an interview that aired on Sunday’s ...

As the U.S. celebrates 249 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson spoke with documentarian Ken Burns about his new film on the ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns spoke with CBS News' John Dickerson about his new film on the American Revolution. More from their conversation will air on the CBS Evening News and Face the Nation.

We pretend, with the election of Barack Obama, that we’re in some post-racial society. Of course we’re not!” Burns told host John Dickerson. “What we have seen is a kind of reaction to this.