Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?

A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s ...
The Christian Science Monitor

‘The American Revolution’: Ken Burns trains lens on flame ‘not to be extinguished’

Ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, iconic documentarian Ken Burns centers the “world-changing” events of July 4, 1776, ...

Ken Burns Breaks Down the Powerful Stories Behind The American Revolution

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

Ken Burns’ documentary, ‘The American Revolution,’ shares an origin story that transcends the culture wars

The PBS documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns, tells an American origin story to bring a diverse nation together, rather than ...
Wicked Local

'American Revolution' is a new Ken Burns documentary. Here's how and when to watch it

From Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson to Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, American stars help tell the story of The American ...

‘The American Revolution’ Review: In Divided Times, Ken Burns Trumpets a Unifying Dictum: No Kings

Much has changed in 250 years, but Ken Burns' encyclopedic study of 'The American Revolution' finds a rallying cry in rejecting despots —then and now.