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

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 ...

As America enters the 250th year since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, director Ken Burns tells John Dickerson that the American Revolution was a "civil war" that became a "big world ...

It would be hard to imagine today, but for a week in the fall of 1990, it seemed almost everyone in America was watching the same thing, at the same time. Nearly 40 million people tuned in for at ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA − Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has been trying to tell the story of America for 10 years. It's just a coincidence that it's premiering in a political moment in which America ...

Ken Burns is exploring the moment that started it all. Just before Burns'The American Revolution documentary series debuts in November, the celebrated historical filmmaker will release a companion ...

The documentary is thorough, engaging and — as is customary for Burns — tells the story through a first-rate cast of ...

Ken Burns spent a decade creating his documentary series about "The American Revolution." It couldn't have come at a more pressing time.