Behind the Scenes of ‘Leonardo Da Vinci’ with Ken Burns 

​​Friday, January 10 at 8 p.m. 

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the life and work of the 15th-century polymath Leonardo da Vinci in Burns’s first non-American subject film. It also marks a significant change in the team’s filmmaking style, which includes using split screens with images, video and sound from different periods to further contextualize Leonardo’s art and scientific explorations. 

“Leonardo Da Vinci” looks at how the artist influenced and inspired future generations, and it finds in his soaring imagination and profound intellect the foundation for a conversation we are still having today: what is our relationship with nature and what does it mean to be human?

“Leonardo Da Vinci” brings the artist’s towering achievements to life through his prolific personal notebooks, primary and secondary accounts of his life and on-camera interviews with modern scholars, artists, engineers, inventors and admirers.

Select “Leonardo Da Vinci” when you show your support for Arizona PBS and unlock an exclusive reward! Upon selection, you’ll receive the “Leonardo Da Vinci” 2-DVD set or the “Leonardo Da Vinci” paperback book by Walter Isaacson. Or select a bundle that includes the “Leonardo Da Vinci” 2-DVD set, the paperback book, the “Leonardo Da Vinci” Original Score CD by Caroline Shaw along with a 2-DVD set of another of Ken Burns’ films, “Benjamin Franklin.”