LOS ANGELES - Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns recently compared current issues to "three great crises" of the past in America: the Civil War, the Great Depression and World War II. Burns, an ...

NEW YORK (AP) — From the time it aired nearly 30 years ago, Ken Burns' Civil War documentary has been a popular sensation and subject of debate. The 11-hour, nine-part series premiered in September ...

Well-known documentarian Ken Burns made a stop in Rhode Island Thursday to preview an upcoming documentary series of his that ...

Sarah Botstein has for more than two decades produced some of the most widely-watched and acclaimed documentaries on PBS. Her work, in collaboration with directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, includes ...

WALPOLE, N.H. -- When Ken Burns' "Civil War" hit public television in 1990, it was a revelation: Burns invested a faded period of American history with new life, color and emotion. The public does not ...

Later this afternoon, Governor McKee will join with other Rhode Island leaders to host acclaimed documentarian filmmaker Ken ...

That same philosophy drives his newest project, The American Revolution, a sweeping six-part, 12-hour documentary that premieres Sunday, November 16, 2025 on PBS and continues nightly through November ...

From Gen. Nathanael Greene, to Black soldiers to everyday people, RI play key roles in the founding of America, says noted ...

NEW YORK (AP) — From the time it aired nearly 30 years ago, Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary has been a popular sensation and subject of debate. The 11-hour, nine-part series premiered in September ...