Why Ken Burns will never make a documentary for the streaming giants – Yahoo Finance
The conservatorship of Britney Spears, the college admissions fraud scandal, the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen — all of these stories came back atop headlines in recent weeks after new documentaries offered fresh insight.
The films appeared on streaming platforms Hulu (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), and HBO Max (T) to feed a growing appetite for nonfiction.
Still, legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns says in a new interview he'll never make a movie for the streaming giants. Rather, he plans to keep his longtime partnership with PBS that affords him total creative control and a lengthy production timeline, he says.
"I've been with public television my entire thing and I'm staying with them," says Burns, whose new three-part film "Hemingway" premieres on April 5. "They have on...