The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

Director Lynn Novick to Follow Central Park’s Evolution from a Democratic Experiment in the 1850s to America’s Most Celebrated Public Space Three-Part Series to Weave History and Imagery to Explore ...

On September 9, PBS will debut a powerful new documentary honoring one of the most transformative legal minds in American history. Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect explores the life, ...

As a co-director of “The American Revolution,” the six-part PBS documentary that premieres on Sunday, David Schmidt seems in every sense thoroughly modern. And yet, he said in an interview, “I like to ...

A new documentary highlighting the experiences of the millions of paid and family caregivers across the nation is set to premiere. The two-hour film “Caregiving” focuses on the personal experiences of ...

This selection of New Mexico documentaries is currently available to stream online for free on PBS. Streaming for PBS is available on pbs.org as well as the free PBS app, available on iPhone, Apple TV ...

The Burke-Gilman Trail is about 20 miles, but the road to becoming a Seattle transportation icon is vastly longer. “From Rails to Trails,” a new PBS documentary narrated by Edward Norton premiering ...

We still have a few days until Black Friday officially gets underway, but Amazon has already started dropping some incredible streaming deals ahead of the big shopping day. Fans of PBS, Ken Burns, and ...

"Free for All: The Public Library," a new documentary airing on PBS' "Independent Lens" April 29, charts the path of the American public library movement, from Ben Franklin and the Carnegie free ...

Hearing the letters “PBS” can bring back all kinds of TV memories. From the chaotic Muppets of Sesame Street to peaceful paintings of Bob Ross, to the nerdy New Englanders of This Old House (required ...

Some of the most respected figures in documentary film are calling on Congress to protect funding for public television and radio. “It’s critically important,” Gordon Quinn, a founding member of ...