An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

The Civil War, an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced in conjunction with WETA, Washington, D.C., first aired in September of 1990 to an ...

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, ...

Depending on who you were in school, you might have one of several different relationships with Ken ... Ken Burns documentaries. Through all of American history, Vietnam may have been the war ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns will visit Lexington and Concord on April 17 to discuss his new documentary, "The American Revolution." ...

(JTA) — One of the first people introduced in Ken ... Burns told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Burns is the foremost documentarian of American history, with iconic works such as “The Civil ...

I think you’re being too kind to Ken Burns. What he said wasn’t inaccurate, it was entirely ridiculous. It’s not merely that our current era doesn’t compare to the Civil War; it’s that ...

Famed documentary ... idea.” Burns has also been filming in the region for his forthcoming project on the American Revolution. “We accept the violence of the Civil War. We don’t really ...

The Gettysburg Film Festival will return May 8-11, with a focus on the legacy of World War II. Here's all to know.

Lionel Moise: For more than 40 years, Ken Burns has produced documentaries about life in America. He's covered baseball, the Civil War, jazz and National Parks, and his latest documentary is an ...