Though not especially publicized, Ken Burns' PBS documentaries feature some of the most star-studded voiceover casts of any piece of content. The American Revolution is no exception. To spare viewers ...

A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere on PBS this fall. The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series, will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) “From a small spark kindled ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British ...

Like every great Ken Burns documentary, the letters and writings of the people involved are an important part of telling the story. The American Revolution is no exception, and the actors involved are ...

South Carolina is a major focus of a new documentary series directed by Ken Burns, and he said it’s his most crucial project in his nearly 50 years of filmmaking. The new six-part series entitled “The ...

Award-winning documentarian Ken Burns is back with a new PBS documentary chronicling how America’s founding reshaped the world. Co-directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt, The American ...

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 ...

The Battle of Long Island took place on Long Island, but (as most Long Islanders know) not exactly. On Aug. 27, 1776, just weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2, the ...