The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

Director Lynn Novick to Follow Central Park’s Evolution from a Democratic Experiment in the 1850s to America’s Most Celebrated Public Space Three-Part Series to Weave History and Imagery to Explore ...

Journalist Ellen Ann Fentress has spent more than 15 years putting together a documentary on journalist Bill Minor.

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

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

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

"Free for All: The Public Library," a new documentary airing on PBS' "Independent Lens" April 29, charts the path of the American public library movement, from Ben Franklin and the Carnegie free ...

More than 100 million people across the United States are caregivers to a family member, and the value of their unpaid labor is estimated at over $600 billion a year, according to the documentary ...