The PBS documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns, tells an American origin story to bring a diverse nation together, rather than ...

The series features interviews with historians, illustrations of key events, re-enactors depicting warfare and life in the ...

Anti-Catholicism was not a central force driving the colonists to revolt, but it played a role, shaping their political ...

"The American Revolution" documentary series by Ken Burns premieres Nov. 16. Two San Diego professors sat down with KPBS' Amita Sharma to discuss what the American Revolution still teaches us today.

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns takes a deep dive into the event that led up to the American Revolutionary War, its aftermath ...

Some historians have criticized Ken Burns’ docuseries The American Revolution for allegedly overstating Iroquois influence on ...

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

Ken Burns new PBS documentary reminds us how bloody an messy the revolution was. When the myths are stripped away, though, it ...

The 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze titled “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary that debuts on WTTW-Ch. 11 and ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

More than nine years in the making, the six-part,12-hour documentary series tells the tale of the country’s founding struggle ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A series of documentaries exploring the influence of William Shakespeare's works on life in ...