The introductory narrative of "The American Revolution" takes up a style Burns established at the outset of "The Civil War." ...

Jacksonville civic leader Bobby Stein has led Better Angels Society while it raised more than $100 million for films by Ken ...

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it ...

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

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual ...

Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” series on PBS was lengthy but profoundly significant. It aired over six consecutive nights, ...

In his latest project, Ken Burns turns his lens to the American Revolution — an event he has called the most significant ...

"The American Revolution" is a sweeping, six-part PBS docuseries that feels like a confrontation of how America's founding ideals were born ...

The 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze titled “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary that debuts on WTTW-Ch. 11 and ...

Ken Burns has produced a documentary about the Revolutionary War that sets a new standard for historical documentaries.

The PBS documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns, tells an American origin story to bring a diverse nation together, rather than ...

The veteran documentarian returns with a six-part series on PBS that takes a slow and sanctimonious approach to the nation’s ...