The film examines the experiences and principles that drove early Americans to fight for independence and establish a new ...

PBS SoCall will preview the new American Revolution documentary by Ken Burns today at the Academy Museum's David Geffen Theatre. Burns spoke with LAist about how he hopes The American Revolution will ...

Documentaries possess a rare power to bridge time and space, weaving together fragments of reality into narratives that resonate deeply within the human psyche. They illuminate hidden truths, reveal ...

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 ...

"The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill" by John Trumbull. An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

South Carolina is a major focus of a new documentary series directed by Ken Burns, and he said it’s his most crucial project in his nearly 50 years of filmmaking. The new six-part series entitled “The ...

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