‎Season 1 - Apple TV

Ken Burns' American Lives is a collection of outstanding biographies and stories of some of America's most celebrated pioneers and historical figures. The collection includes biographies of Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Horatio Nelson Jackson, and boxer Jack Johnson.

Documentary · 3 hr 5 min

Director Ken Burns

EPISODE 101

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 · Nov 7, 1999
EPISODE 102

Thomas Jefferson

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

2 hr 53 min · Feb 17, 1997
EPISODE 103

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

2 hr 36 min · Nov 10, 1998
EPISODE 104

Mark Twain

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

3 hr 31 min · Jan 14, 2002
EPISODE 105

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 · Oct 6, 2003
EPISODE 106

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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

3 hr 32 min · Jan 17, 2005

Ken Burns

Director