The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

Historians who appear in Ken Burns documentary, 'The American Revolution' will talk Dec. 11 at free event. You can attend ...

Ken Burns spent a decade creating his documentary series about "The American Revolution." It couldn't have come at a more pressing time.

According to the Organization of American Historians, television has become the medium through which most Americans now get their history.

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

Director Lynn Novick to Follow Central Park’s Evolution from a Democratic Experiment in the 1850s to America’s Most Celebrated Public Space Three-Part Series to Weave History and Imagery to Explore ...

As a co-director of “The American Revolution,” the six-part PBS documentary that premieres on Sunday, David Schmidt seems in every sense thoroughly modern. And yet, he said in an interview, “I like to ...

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, ...

Using stirring musical moments, songs of the era sung by Broadway stars, personal accounts and archival photos and film of those who were there, the PBS special The Eyes of The World: From D Day to VE ...

I don’t know a single person that shares the level of my love and appreciation for PBS, specifically their long-running series, “American Experience.” These documentaries combine dramatic reenactments ...

Happy (early) 250th birthday, America! By Tony Maglio As the American federal government is turning its back on PBS, PBS is celebrating the republic. PBS is going all-in on America’s ...