From Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson to Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, American stars help tell the story of The American ...

Ahead of the PBS production's premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their ...

The series features interviews with historians, illustrations of key events, re-enactors depicting warfare and life in the ...

Indigenous history, resiliency and sovereignty take center stage in WKAR’s newest documentary series Before America. Each ...

Ken Burns's new documentary on the American Revolution engages in historical revisionism that ignores actual history.

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the ...

Discover the untold stories and ironies of the American Revolution in Ken Burns' documentary. A powerful film that challenges ...

The PBS documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns, tells an American origin story to bring a diverse nation together, rather than ...

The 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze titled “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary that debuts on WTTW-Ch. 11 and ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

In Burns’ portrayal of the Revolution, LGBTQ people are not only erased but defamed, reduced to a caricatured trope instead of being recognized as real participants in shaping our country’s history.