The overall quality of documentaries, particularly documentary films, have improved significantly over the past several years. More than just possessing the benefit of hindsight, documentary ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

You don’t have to be a professional historian to realize this documentary's title refers to the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, i.e., the one that abolished slavery. However, Ava DuVernay ...

The Apollo 11 moon landing, government cover-ups, and an Oscar-winning documentary short memorializing school shooting ...

Amid the nation’s upcoming semiquincentennial celebrations comes a new, 12-hour, six-part series from America’s master of documentary television. Directed by Ken Burns, “The American Revolution” ...

On a road trip along historic Route 66, Muslim American couple Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins met Muslim jazz musicians in Tulsa, historians in New Mexico, and date farmers in the Coachella Valley, ...

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David R. Wagner, the eminent Connecticut muralist and painter of great scenes from American history, died in early December at the age of 85. His work lives on thanks to such varied admirers as Ken ...

November has begun. Besides the chillier weather, preparation for the holidays, football season, and searching for the perfect Thanksgiving turkey (or Tofurky), it’s also Native American Heritage ...

An astronaut from Apollo 11 surrounded by shots from Life Itself and I Am Not Your Negro in a composite image - Warner Bros. The overall quality of documentaries, particularly documentary films, have ...

Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American Revolution. Premiering Nov. 16 on PBS and airing over six consecutive nights, The American Revolution starts ...