As America's 250th birthday approaches (with the grim reaper looming large), the distinguished documentarian's 12-hour series on our country's first — and, he argues, ongoing — revolution aims to ...

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 ...

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 American Revolution," a new docuseries by Ken Burns, details America's journey toward freedom and independence during the 18th century. The six-part, 12-hour docuseries is scheduled to premiere ...

After chronicling the Civil War, jazz and baseball, filmmaker Ken Burns turns his attention to "The American Revolution." His new documentary series begins airing on PBS stations on Nov. 16. KUOW is ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent. Critic’s Notebook In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). He was telling me some advice that Southern novelist ...

South Carolina is a major focus of a new documentary series directed by Ken Burns, and he said it’s his most crucial project in his nearly 50 years of filmmaking. The new six-part series entitled “The ...

New research from Syria’s Tel Hama, a town at the edge of the Ebla Kingdom, shows that 4,500-years-ago, at the time of the Early Bronze Age, two-thirds of the pottery was made by children, starting at ...