The documentarian discusses the throughline from his most recent series about the Holocaust and his newest, “The American Buffalo” and why he still believes in the power of truth.
NEW KEN BURNS FILM EXPLORES HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BUFFALO Two-Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ C
Premieres Monday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. This new two-part, four-hour series, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the animal’s evolution, significance to the Great Plains, near demise, and relationship to the Indigenous People of North America.