The acclaimed filmmaker’s PBS documentary is a captivating look at the fear, risk and courage that forged a country ...

Why was Adolf Hitler the way he was? As simple as the question sounds, even over 80 years after the Nazi dictator's death, an answer remains elusive — and every new attempt to explain it stirs ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the ...

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

Ken Burns’ upcoming six-part, 12-hour documentary “The American Revolution” doesn’t just tell the story of icons like George ...

Hundreds of New York City high school students gathered at Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan for a lesson led by filmmaker ...

The Vermont Historical Society and Vermont Public hosted a screening on Wednesday ahead of the broadcast debut of Ken Burns’ ...

The 12-hour, six-part PBS docuseries, which premieres Sunday, Nov. 16, shows how our democracy was built, brick by brick.

In his new documentary series “The American Revolution,” the prolific filmmaker depicts a nation created by violence. Still, ...

Ken Burns, with co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, gives us an in-depth look at the war for independence that ...

Ground-breaking research has made some fascinating discoveries on the dictator, from his ancestry to possible neurological ...

Was the world’s most feared dictator suffering from a genetic disorder? A new documentary that has analysed Hitler’s DNA ...