When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premiered on PBS on Sunday, it marked the end of a filmmaking journey that began almost a decade ago. “Ken always says these films ...

From Silent-Era Myths to Prestige TV, Here’s How America’s Founding Conflict Has Been Portrayed on Screen “The big ideas of the Revolution aren’t diminished by telling the truth. They’re made stronger ...

Six months away from its 250th year, the United States of America is still in its infancy. It is an empire forever moving and shifting, trying to decide what it will be. Prolific documentarian Ken ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns takes a deep dive into the event that led up to the American Revolutionary War, its aftermath and the birth of a nation in this six-part docuseries, “The American ...

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 ...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming month. PBS may be worse for wear following federal defunding, but public TV documentarian Ken Burns remains at work with ...

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 ...