Filmmaker Ken Burns shares the story of how the award-winning documentary The Civil War came to be.
In Part Two – “Painter-God” – Leonardo has left Milan and to travel to Venice and then back to Florence, the city where he had developed his artistic skills.
In Part One, “The Disciple of Experience,” the film takes us into the world of the bottega, the studio or workshop where Leonardo apprenticed and learned…
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. Now streaming.
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales, the film is a story of people from every conceivable background—rich and poor, soldiers and scientists, natives and newcomers—who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.
In Resilience, the second episode of Hiding in Plain Sight, our “heroes” speak about finding help, inpatient and outpatient therapy, the added stigma of racial or gender discrimination, the criminalization of mental illness, and youth suicide.
The Storm, the first two-hour episode of Hiding in Plain Sight, focuses on the lived experience of more than twenty young people with mental health challenges, along with the observations and insights of families, providers, and advocates.
This four-part series brings to life one of the most indelible figures of the 20th century. A three-time heavyweight boxing champion, Ali captivated millions of fans across the world with his mesmerizing mix of speed, grace and power in the ring, and charm and playful boasting outside of it.
Join Henry Louis Gates Jr., Doris Kearns Goodwin, Tom Hanks, George Lucas, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Meryl Streep, Sam Waterston and others for a tribute to acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns. The program includes an exclusive look at the upcoming series THE VIETNAM WAR.
Hemingway publishes The Old Man and the Sea but is overcome by his declining mental condition.