Released on the eve of America’s semiquincentennial, “The American Revolution” retells the story of the United States’ ...

The Gettysburg Film Festival kicks off on Thursday for its fourth year. This year’s festival will celebrate the nation’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed ...

Six months away from its 250th year, the United States of America is still in its infancy. It is an empire forever moving and shifting, trying to decide what it will be. Prolific documentarian Ken ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns argued Wednesday that America’s current political divisions, while concerning, pale in ...

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 ...

John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress.

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

A talk featuring documentary filmmaker Ken Burns at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has sold out more than two months ...

When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premieres on PBS on Sunday, Nov. 16, it will mark the end of a filmmaking journey that began almost a decade ago. “Ken always says ...