America’s foremost history documentarian is back at a pivotal moment. But is he avoiding the hard truths about the country’s ...

Ken Burns told Axios that his forthcoming six-part series — "The American Revolution" — has been in the works since December 2015 and required "years and years and years" of filming war reenactors ...

Many miniseries about war are based on true stories and highlight the challenges that real people faced as they fought to survive the violence of war. Other miniseries about war create fictional ...

Shows based on wars are just as intense as movies, but there are some that stand out even above film in the best way.

The Broadway musical “Hamilton” and the historian whose book inspired it will collect the National Constitution Center’s ...

War reshapes lives, leaving stories of courage, loss, and survival. Filmmakers have made countless great war movies — but ...

The documentarian spent a day in Dallas with his producer and history experts taking a deep dive into what Burns calls “America’s best idea.” ...

They say the older you get, you either become someone who smokes meat or someone who gets into the Civil War. Well, I feel ...

This nine-part series is the work that made documentarian Ken Burns a household name. Burns uses contemporary cinematography in addition to thousands of archival photographs, paintings and newspaper ...

Ken Burns’s latest documentary series, “The American Revolution,” doesn’t start airing for another five months. It debuts on PBS Nov. 16.

Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt are the directors of “The American Revolution” documentary series that will air on PBS beginning Nov. 16.