Longtime documentary filmmaker Ken Burns praised the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as the "Declaration of Independence" for communications while lamenting the loss of its federal funding on ...

It was the American Revolution, “more than any other single event,” the famed historian Gordon Wood once observed, “that made America into the most liberal, democratic and modern nation in the world.” ...

Washington Gave Bigotry No Sanction. We Should Do the Same Mr. Conservative and the Minister Sorkin Rounds Up the Usual Suspects This Thanksgiving, Heed the Words of George Washington Thanksgiving Day ...

Ken Burns' latest documentary, "The American Revolution," was financially supported by the Better Angels Society. The Better Angels Society is a nonprofit that has raised over $100 million for Burns ...

Ken Burns revolutionized the way historical documentaries were made before the internet was even a common term, so it’s hardly a shock he’d eventually tackle America’s fight for independence in his ...

Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to “the voice of God,” the phase once associated with ...

Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American Revolution. Premiering Nov. 16 on PBS and airing over six consecutive nights, The American Revolution starts ...

Ken Burns. Photo by Stephanie Berger. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will be awarded the first Commonwealth Prize, an honor for patriotic service or extraordinary and lasting contributions to the ...

Award-winning documentarian Ken Burns is back with a new PBS documentary chronicling how America’s founding reshaped the world. Co-directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt, The American ...

A new six-part documentary series from Ken Burns titled "The American Revolution" is set to premiere on Nov. 16. The film explores the eight-year war, which Burns considers the most consequential ...

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 ...

Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and commanders back on muddy 18th-century ground. Co-directors Sarah Botstein and ...