"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 ...

COLUMN. In a spectacular documentary, the filmmaker advocates for a nuanced and diverse understanding of the history of the ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has examined some of the most defining moments of American history. He's delved into the Civil War, dissected America's response to the Holocaust and chronicled the evolution of ...

Ken Burns is the greatest documentarian of our time. With films such as The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The Roosevelts (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), Country Music (2019), ...

Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American Revolution. Premiering Nov. 16 on PBS and airing over six consecutive nights, The American Revolution starts ...

Ken Burns speaks onstage during the New York premiere of PBS’s "The American Revolution," Sept. 18, 2025. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) Ken Burns has had a busy year. The famed documentary ...

PBS debuts Ken Burns’ six-part American Revolution series, with experts exploring its insights. A new six-part PBS series, Ken Burns’ "The American Revolution: An Intimate History", explores the lives ...

Ken Burns discusses his new documentary series “The American Revolution.” The American Revolution is U.S. historians' Holy Grail, and Ken Burns says there is still much to be learned. Burns has been ...

Artist Emanuel Leutze's famous 1851 painting of Gen. George Washington leading his troops across the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776. Read John Kiesewetter's guide to the filmmaker's 12-hour ...

Ken Burns has had a busy year. The famed documentary filmmaker and his co-producers, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, have stumped across the United States, speaking, gently of course, about their ...

Ken Burns' latest work takes us back to a moment of great dissension and division, a moment in which Americans raged against the monarch leading them and in which any outcome seemed possible. By sheer ...