Why a film about Benjamin Franklin? David Schmidt: I’ve spent every working day with Franklin for more than four years, and I’m still drawn to him because there is no other individual you can learn ...

Ken Burns is scared about the future of America. “I’m very anxious,” Burns admits. “I want my country to survive. I want to look back on all of this and go, ‘Wow, that was tough, but we made it ...

Burns’ latest film, “Benjamin Franklin,” follows just such a figure, an entrepreneur and a scientist who became an improbable revolutionary. The two-part, four-hour series premieres on April 4 and 5 ...