A hunger for learning about the past is an insatiable trait for many history buffs. At the annual Gettysburg Film Festival, ...

From Silent-Era Myths to Prestige TV, Here’s How America’s Founding Conflict Has Been Portrayed on Screen “The big ideas of the Revolution aren’t diminished by telling the truth. They’re made stronger ...

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Painting by John Trumbull, 1818. The American Revolution examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the ...

At Gettysburg, top historians unpack the uncertainty, sacrifice and surprising turns that shaped America’s fight for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tulsa-based Cherokee filmmaker and film executive played a pivotal part in ensuring that Ken Burns' eagerly awaited docuseries ...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming month. PBS may be worse for wear following federal defunding, but public TV documentarian Ken Burns remains at work with ...

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Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and commanders back on muddy 18th-century ground. Co-directors Sarah Botstein and ...

In 1975, a skinny Hampshire College kid making his first movie, a documentary about rural life in the early 1800s, hauled his reluctant body from bed before dawn to film reenactors at Old Sturbridge ...

"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 ...

The popular historian also talks sitting down with Paterson Joseph, travel experiences, and more.

Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt, the six-part series premieres on Sunday, Nov. 16. By Rudie Obias If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link ...