Go behind the scenes with Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, David Schmidt and their team to learn about the production, which took nearly a decade to complete. The program includes clips from the series and ...

Ames Public Library is celebrating the nation’s 250th with exhibits, events and hands‑on history all month long.

Documentarian Ken Burns releases a 12-hour series, 'The American Revolution,' urging Americans to revisit their country's origins. With his work, Burns challenges myths and offers a complex view of ...

The award-winning documentarian reflects on the complexities of the U.S.'s origin story — and the lessons it offers the present.

Created by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, the documentary “The American Revolution” that recently aired on PBS explores the details of the events that happened in ...

Two new literary dramas join a Ken Burns look at Henry David Thoreau and Women's History Month programming in March.

Savannah hosts the inaugural Hindsight Film Festival, America's first dedicated to historical documentaries, March 4-8.

The "Pledge America Campaign" urges broadcasters to focus on programming that highlights "the historic accomplishments of this great nation from our founding through the Trump Administration today." ...

Charter Day launched “The Year of Civic Leadership,” which celebrates the university’s commitment to service, public stewardship and leadership for the common good.

Berlinale Series Market Selects will welcome 17 scripted shows and three docu-series this year, including Ken Burns’ latest offering “The American Revolution,” co-directed with Sarah Botstein and ...

I love being at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Among other exhibits, it houses America’s official presidential portraits, which I find so compelling I visit and ...

PBS has extended Ken Burns’ free streaming window for his history docuseries “The American Revolution,” following its ratings success. The 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein ...