KEN BURNS: America's Fourth Great Crisis

I’m repeatedly asked whether I will make a film about this moment in time. The answer is no — or at least not now.

I’m in the business of history. So rather than 16 hours on Trump, who has only appeared in passing in one of our films (calling for the execution of five innocent young men in “The Central Park Five”), the editors of POLITICO have allowed me to share some thoughts — and film clips — on how I think history can help us in this, our moment of crisis