Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

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 ...

Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt, the six-part series premieres on Sunday, Nov. 16. By Rudie Obias If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link ...

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 ...

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 ...

The American Revolution is a new documentary that will premiere for a two-hour episode, In Order to Be Free, on PBS at 8 pm on Sunday, November 16, with 5 subsequent episodes airing on consecutive ...

"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 ...

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There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’s editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” Even the prolific documentarian, who spends more time than most exploring the difficult truths of our nation’s history, ...