Ken Burns produces the first-ever documentary on Henry David Thoreau, which moves beyond famous one-liners to explore his ...

The writer of Walden has been flattened into a caricature, but Henry David Thoreau was much more than a "prophetic hermit," ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– The Gettysburg Film Festival kicks off on Thursday for its fourth year. This year’s festival will celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary by focusing on the American ...

PBS takes up three hours of prime time this week for a Ken Burns-produced documentary about Henry David Thoreau that is a lovely film to behold.

Burns discusses the nostalgia that defines many Americans’ understanding of the Revolutionary period and his guarded optimism ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns argued Wednesday that America’s current political divisions, while concerning, pale in ...

See where 'The U.S. and the Holocaust' lands in this totally biased and super unscientific evaluation of the legendary ...

Renowned filmmaker Ken Burns will receive the highest honor bestowed by The Fort Ticonderoga Association when he is conferred The Ticonderoga Award for a Continental Vision at the 32nd ...

YEAH, A BIG NIGHT FOR HISTORY BUFFS, THAT’S FOR SURE. KEN BURNS WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT LESSONS FROM LINCOLN. IT IS A SOLD OUT PERFORMANCE HERE AT GETTYSBURG AREA HIGH SCHOOL, AND KEN BURNS WILL BE ...

Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life. In an interview with “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, the filmmaker challenged how the nation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Documentarian Ken Burns put his “longstanding attempt at neutrality” aside to issue a stern warning about presumed Republican ...

Ever since he got a movie camera for his 17th birthday, Ken Burns has been making documentaries. Over the years, he's created 36 documentary series for PBS, all of them about American history, from ...