The American Revolution is a new documentary that will premiere for a two-hour episode, In Order to Be Free, on PBS at 8 pm on Sunday, November 16, with 5 subsequent episodes airing on consecutive ...

A talk featuring documentary filmmaker Ken Burns at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has sold out more than two months ahead of the event.

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

John Trumbull's 1818 painting, Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. Staff ...

A new six-part documentary series from Ken Burns titled "The American Revolution" is set to premiere on Nov. 16. The film explores the eight-year war, which Burns considers the most consequential ...

Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). He was telling me some advice that Southern novelist ...

Last week, the iconic American documentary filmmaker Ken Burns released his latest series: a six-part, 12-hour film on the American revolution. The film follows dozens of figures from various ...

Ahead of the PBS production’s premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their research process and the surprising, long-overlooked stories featured in the ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

The American Revolution, the highly-anticipated new six-part documentary from filmmaker Ken Burns, premieres tonight, on Sunday, November 16 at 8 p.m. on PBS. The series will air for six consecutive ...