Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

Filmmaker Ken Burns, in his latest documentary series, tackles what he calls ‘the most important event in the history of the ...

It’s been 250 years since the start of the American Revolution, and the extent to which our nation has matured into a continent-spanning world power has, no doubt, exceeded the founding fathers’ ...

N othing was ever quaint,” mused Ken Burns in a New York film studio last spring, as he made some last edits to his latest ...

A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere ...

Ken Burns’s obsession with this country can be felt in all 234 hours of his roughly 40 films—including his latest mega-doc, The American Revolution. At a moment when we are once again arguing about ...

With the nation set to celebrate its 250th anniversary next summer, the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy is taking us back to the tumultuous early days, when competing political ...

Several years ago, David Schmidt returned to his hometown to film sequences for Ken Burns’ documentary “The American Revolution,” believing “where else would you find a better place (than Williamsburg ...

NEW YORK -- On May 23, 1903, one hundred years after Meriwether Lewis got his marching orders from President Thomas Jefferson, another historic American journey began -- the first coast-to-coast ...

The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 16, 1777. By John Trumbull, ca. 1822-1832. British Lieutenant General John Burgoyne hands his sword in surrender to American Major General ...