Testing the human animal’s tolerance for plaintive fiddles, wheezy bagpipes, Peter Coyote and the whispery recitations of diary entries, “The American Revolution” is the most Ken Burns-y of Ken Burns ...

Siege of Yorktown. General Rochambeau and general Washington give last orders before an attack, October 1781. Auguste Couder (1789–1873). Artist Auguste Couder, 1836 (Photo by Pierce Archive ...

This past June, at a No Kings rally outside a white clapboard church in a little brick town in the lower right-hand corner of Vermont, Green Mountaineers huddled together in raincoats under a ...

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, ...

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, two works offer valuable, fresh views of the American Revolution. Burns’s 12-hour film sweeps across the long struggle with the ...

PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S. history. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic In mentioning Ken Burns‘ ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with “The Civil War,” a sprawling, multipart documentary that caused a ...

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) “From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen. Not to be extinguished.” Cultural ...

Tensions had been building between the American colonists and the British government for more than a decade before the “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American ...

Six months away from its 250th year, the United States of America is still in its infancy. It is an empire forever moving and shifting, trying to decide what it will be. Prolific documentarian Ken ...