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

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

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Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual projects. That’s because he doesn’t really make subpar documentaries, although ...

Ken Burns’ new PBS series, The American Revolution, reframes the founding war as a brutal, chaotic conflict fought on multiple fronts and driven by impossible odds. From fractured command to ...

The Battle of Long Island took place on Long Island, but (as most Long Islanders know) not exactly. On Aug. 27, 1776, just weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2, the ...

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