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 ...

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 ...

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

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

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

Burns' new PBS docuseries features a star-studded voice cast, including Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. The post The most famous ...

As a co-director of “The American Revolution,” the six-part PBS documentary that premieres on Sunday, David Schmidt seems in every sense thoroughly modern. And yet, he said in an interview, “I like to ...

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, ...

I don’t know a single person that shares the level of my love and appreciation for PBS, specifically their long-running series, “American Experience.” These documentaries combine dramatic reenactments ...