Ken Burns’ new PBS series, The American Revolution, reframes the founding war as a brutal, chaotic conflict fought on multiple fronts and driven by impossible odds. From fractured command to ...

Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life. In an interview with “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, the filmmaker challenged how the nation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the ...

Ken Burns comes full circle when he frames the Revolutionary War as a civil war. “The war grew out of a multitude of grievances lodged against the British parliament by British subjects living an ...

Ken Burns calls the American Revolution our first Civil War. Was it hyperbole or history? Explore the divisions that shaped America.

South Carolina is a major focus of a new documentary series directed by Ken Burns, and he said it’s his most crucial project in his nearly 50 years of filmmaking. The new six-part series entitled “The ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S. history. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic In mentioning Ken Burns‘ ...

The documentary aims to look at the Revolution from multiple perspectives, moving beyond common myths. A large cast of actors, including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Morgan Freeman, will voice ...

Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). He was telling me some advice that Southern novelist ...