Ken Burns American Lives

Ken Burns American Lives

Documentary 2002

A collection of Ken Burns films about great Americans.

Documentary 2002

PG

EPISODE 1

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

Activists create a movement to give American women the same rights as men.

3 hr 5 min · 7 Nov 1999 PG
EPISODE 2

Thomas Jefferson

Filmmaker Ken Burns tells the story of the third president of the United States.

2 hr 53 min · 18 Feb 1997 PG
EPISODE 3

Frank Lloyd Wright

Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick examine the architect's life and work.

2 hr 36 min · 10 Nov 1998 PG
EPISODE 4

Mark Twain

A profile of the childhood and career of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote as Mark Twain.

3 hr 31 min · 14 Jan 2002 PG
EPISODE 5

Horatio's Drive

Filmmaker Ken Burns tells of Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 drive from San Francisco to New York in under three months to win a $50 bet.

1 hr 48 min · 6 Oct 2003 PG
EPISODE 6

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Ken Burns chronicles the life and career of the heavyweight boxer.

3 hr 32 min · 17 Jan 2005 PG

Ken Burns

Director

About

Ken Burns American Lives

DOCUMENTARY

A collection of Ken Burns films about great Americans.

Information

Studio: PBS
Released: 2002
Rated: PG

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.