Ken Burns’s new documentary series on the American Revolution includes history often left out of textbooks: the economic and ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the ...

Like every great Ken Burns documentary, the letters and writings of the people involved are an important part of telling the ...

Ahead of the PBS production's premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their ...

The series features interviews with historians, illustrations of key events, re-enactors depicting warfare and life in the ...

From frequent collaborators like Tom Hanks to up-and-comers like Maya Hawke, here's how Ken Burns get Hollywood to voice his ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it ...

The 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze titled “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Ken Burns is back with “The American ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

In Burns’ portrayal of the Revolution, LGBTQ people are not only erased but defamed, reduced to a caricatured trope instead ...

You don’t have to be a professional historian to realize this documentary's title refers to the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, i.e., the one that abolished slavery. However, Ava DuVernay ...