Like every great Ken Burns documentary, the letters and writings of the people involved are an important part of telling the ...

John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of ...

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

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual ...

Ken Burns’s new documentary series on the American Revolution includes history often left out of textbooks: the economic and ...

From Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson to Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, American stars help tell the story of The American ...

A new six-part documentary from Ken Burns just premiered to the nation on PBS, after its debut in Williamsburg back in March.

Jonathan Groff performs a medley of songs from his Bobby Darin Broadway musical "Just in Time" during the Tony Awards on ...

Laura Linney is among the huge A-list cast, but she’s not playing Giamatti’s wife Abigal Adams this time — Claire Danes is.

Award-winning documentarian Ken Burns is back with a new PBS documentary chronicling how America’s founding reshaped the world.

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