Award-winning documentary filmmaker, director and producer Ken Burns spoke in Sarasota Monday about how funding cuts affect filmmakers like him, and how history lends context to current events.
The government’s recent cuts to public broadcasting, by rescinding money in 2025 that had been allocated by Congress, affected him and his work, Burns told reporters at the event at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center.
“I know for me, I lost maybe $14 million. Four million that was in sort of already contracted stuff, which I think I might still get, and then another 10 million that we were in discussion for,” Burns said…