The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

Ken Burns' documentary series "The American Revolution" placed PBS in Nielsen's streaming Top 10 for the first time ...

Director Lynn Novick to Follow Central Park’s Evolution from a Democratic Experiment in the 1850s to America’s Most Celebrated Public Space Three-Part Series to Weave History and Imagery to Explore ...

Ken Burns' PBS documentary "The American Revolution" represents the best of filmmaking and a vital examination of the ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

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 a co-director of “The American Revolution,” the six-part PBS documentary that premieres on Sunday, David Schmidt seems in every sense thoroughly modern. And yet, he said in an interview, “I like to ...

Explore a massive collection of thought-provoking documentaries, including exclusive films from Ken Burns. Sometimes I like taking a break from all my scripted shows to watch something a little ...

“Paradox: Echoes of Reform & the Minneapolis Police” was released on Twin Cities PBS Oct. 21. NINA MOINI: The phrase "Minneapolis police reform" may bring to mind the events of 2020. The murder of ...

Bearing in mind that the new miniseries Asian Americans is a PBS documentary offers a clear sense of how (and why) the series looks, sounds, and moves the way it does. There’s an instantly ...