Ken Burns Answers Your Burns-ing Questions

When Ken Burns stopped by WTTW this fall, we asked him some questions submitted by our audience. Watch the video below! The American Revolution premieres Sunday, November 16 at 7:00 pm on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app. 

What’s your day-to-day life like when you’re working on a documentary?
– Kelsey, Chicago

What is your favorite non-Ken Burns documentary?
– Sean, Chicago

What is one moment in American history that you would want to be alive and present to witness?
– Emily, Chicago

If aliens visit us thousands of years in the future, what is one object or artifact from American history you would show them to let them know what the United States is all about? 
– Chris, Oak Park

Chicago-style hot dog or Italian beef?
– Andrew, Chicago