David Rubenstein, a Baltimore philanthropist and owner of the Orioles baseball team, is once again helping Ken Burns shape his stories of America — this time, honing in on its bloody beginning. The ...

Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). He was telling me some advice that Southern novelist ...

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 ...

John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress.

A new six-part documentary from Ken Burns just premiered to the nation on PBS, after its debut in Williamsburg back in March. Woman who killed her five-month-old baby to 'fulfill' sins found not ...

A new six-part documentary series from Ken Burns titled "The American Revolution" is set to premiere on Nov. 16. The film explores the eight-year war, which Burns considers the most consequential ...

Ken Burns's new documentary achieves a tone that is unmistakably Burns: measured, atmospheric, at times elegiac and always ...

The American Revolution is a new documentary that will premiere for a two-hour episode, In Order to Be Free, on PBS at 8 pm on Sunday, November 16, with 5 subsequent episodes airing on consecutive ...

The documentary aims to look at the Revolution from multiple perspectives, moving beyond common myths. A large cast of actors, including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Morgan Freeman, will voice ...

The American Revolution, the highly-anticipated new six-part documentary from filmmaker Ken Burns, premieres tonight, on Sunday, November 16 at 8 p.m. on PBS. The series will air for six consecutive ...