104th NCSS Annual Conference

Sarah Botstein has produced some of the most popular and acclaimed documentaries on PBS. Her work with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick includes Jazz (2001), The War (2007), Prohibition (2011), The Vietnam War (2017), College Behind Bars (2019), and Hemingway (2020). The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) marked Botstein’s debut as a co-director. She is currently co-directing and producing, along with Burns and David Schmidt, a six-part, 12-hour series, The American Revolution, which will premiere on PBS in the fall of 2025 and a three-part film on the life and presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, set to air in 2028.

In addition to these television broadcasts, Botstein is an original contributor to Ken Burns UNUM, a web-based platform that highlights historical themes across the Florentine Films body of work. Botstein works closely with PBS Learning Media and WETA-TV to develop educational content for programming as part of the Ken Burns Classroom.