Ken Burns

Ken Burns has been making documentaries for some 45 years now. He's a Peabody and Emmy award-winning filmmaker from humble beginnings who illuminates iconic American figures and creates ambitious projects that have shaped how we view our own history. His latest film premiers Monday night on SDPB-TV. "Benjamin Franklin: a film by Ken Burns" explores the life of one of America's most consequential public figures.

In The Moment ... March 21, 2017 Show 054 Hour 1Creativity is what makes humans special. A new book called "The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made…

Before the premiere of the new Jackie Robinson documentary (tonight on SDPB-TV, 8 CT, 7 MT) author Jonathan Eig joins Dakota Midday host Lori Walsh to…

Theodore Roosevelt said that he never would have become President of the United States had it not been for the time he spent in North Dakota. He first…

KEN BURNS NEW FILM, “THE DUST BOWL,” LOOKS AT VERY SERIOUS ISSUES IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS DURING THE 19-30S. A PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE…