The introductory narrative of "The American Revolution" takes up a style Burns established at the outset of "The Civil War." ...

That's a phrase that has been bandied about lately with the controversy over displaying the Confederate battle flag. Now viewers can experience again Ken Burns' seminal documentary that covered the ...

The American Revolution filmmaker talks about the hypocrisies of US history and what’s missing from our political lives today ...

LOS ANGELES - Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns recently compared current issues to "three great crises" of the past in America: the Civil War, the Great Depression and World War II. Burns, an ...

When PBS first showed “The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns” in September 1990, it became a national sensation, ultimately seen by more than 40 million total viewers, the most-watched program in PBS ...

Six months away from its 250th year, the United States of America is still in its infancy. It is an empire forever moving and ...