NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such ...

An old soldier shared stories about the history of a battle flag. Allen "Doc" Hoe was a combat medic in the Vietnam War. For Hoe, service is something he has ...

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

As America's 250th birthday approaches (with the grim reaper looming large), the distinguished documentarian's 12-hour series on our country's first - and, he argues, ongoing - revolution aims to ...

Long before he became one of the most recognizable narrators on television, Peter Coyote called Englewood home and graduated ...

The acclaimed filmmaker’s PBS documentary is a captivating look at the fear, risk and courage that forged a country ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

Ken Burns, with co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, gives us an in-depth look at the war for independence that ...

Over the course of nine September nights on PBS, Ken Burns got millions of Americans excited about their own history with his ...

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it ...

A former editor at the site and expert on the history of Roger Ebert looks back on the 50th anniversary of Siskel & Ebert.

Ken Burns spent a decade creating his documentary series about "The American Revolution." It couldn't have come at a more pressing time.