Quote by: Ken Burns

I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see what it tells us about who we are as a people. I think that jazz is a spectacularly accurate model of democracy and a kind of look into our redemptive future possibilities.


Share this:  

Author Bio


  • NameKen Burns
  • DescriptionAmerican documentary filmmaker
  • BornJuly 29, 1953
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director
  • AwardsLincoln Prize; National Humanities Medal; Emmy Award