Ken Burns Reflects on America’s 250th Anniversary on POLITICO’s The Conversation

Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns joined POLITICO’s The Conversation with Dasha Burns for a wide-ranging discussion on America’s 250th anniversary and the enduring questions raised by the nation’s founding. In the interview, Burns reflected on the importance of engaging with American history in its full complexity, including the ideals, divisions, and responsibilities that have shaped the country’s democratic experiment. The conversation builds on themes central to The American Revolution, the six-part PBS documentary series directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt and supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The series invites audiences to revisit the people, events, and ideas of the founding era, offering a nuanced account of the Revolution and its lasting significance. Watch the episode here.