It’s been 250 years since the American Revolution — and the country continues to evolve with highs and lows. Over the course of his career, Ken Burns has brought award-winning storytelling to the ...

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 ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premieres on PBS on Sunday, Nov. 16, it will mark the end of a filmmaking journey that began almost a decade ago. “Ken always says ...

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 ...