History | June 2022

Historian, columnist and documentary filmmaker Jonathan Alter traces President Jimmy Carter's journey growing up during the Depression in the Jim Crow South to his term in the White House and finally, his Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian work after his presidency.
Ken Burns explores the revolutionary life of Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin gains worldwide fame from electricity experiments after building a printing empire in Philadelphia with his wife, Deborah. He then spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his family comes apart.
In this documentary, an American-Armenian granddaughter of genocide survivors ventures to their lost ancestral homeland to uncover long-buried truths. A chance meeting with a lone Scottish explorer who had discovered this land of secrets years earlier leads to a joint odyssey beneath the surface of modern-day Turkey, revealing sacred relics, silenced voices, daring resilience and the hidden map.
Get an inside look from Ken Burns on the making of Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence in wartime Philadelphia. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution. Back home, he works on the Constitution of the new United States.