PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S.

WALPOLE, N.H. -- When Ken Burns' "Civil War" hit public television in 1990, it was a revelation: Burns invested a faded period of American history with new life, color and emotion. The public does not ...

When Ken Burns started making his series on the American Revolution nearly a decade ago, he knew one of his biggest challenges would be casting George Washington. The renowned documentarian has worked ...

Ken Burns talks with filmmaker Ken Burns on his latest project. Filmmaker Ken Burns discusses his upcoming six-part series, “The American Revolution,” which looks at one of the pivotal events in world ...

Ken Burns’ new PBS series, The American Revolution, reframes the founding war as a brutal, chaotic conflict fought on ...

PROVIDENCE – Filmmaker Ken Burns will present two panel discussions in Rhode Island Thursday, Oct. 16, in advance of his upcoming PBS documentary “The American Revolution,” which premiers Nov. 16.

STARKVILLE — America’s struggle for independence that began 250 years ago will take center stage next month as Mississippi State’s Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library hosts the screening of a new ...

Having spent nearly 50 years telling America’s stories, warts and all, Ken Burns knows better than to traffic in the reassurance business. I was reminded of that on Monday when I spoke with him a ...