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

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

The best ways to watch online for free is on PBS.org with your local affiliate station, or with DirecTV’s five-day free trial ...

"The American Revolution," a new docuseries by Ken Burns, details America's journey towards freedom and independence during the 18th century.

The historical documentary master is at the top of his game in this thrillingly timely history lesson about democracy.

“The American Revolution” is the opposite: enduring, not ephemeral. And it accomplishes what Gerbner urges: “To move past a ...

There’s no photographs. There’s no news reels. The cast of characters is so spectacularly diverse," Ken Burns said in an ...

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

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

From Dances with Wolves to Open Range to Yellowstone, Kevin Costner has had an affinity for the west. He is going to continue to share that passion with an epic project set to arrive for audiences ...

Burns told a Dallas audience in June that his treatment of the American creation story includes obscure characters and ...

SEATTLE, WA. — The late Jim Thorpe is regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, and for good reason. He was the first Native American to become an Olympic gold medalist. He also became an ...