The Civil War is an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers if ...

As America enters the 250th year since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, director Ken Burns tells John ...

Ken Burns, the filmmaker known for his award-winning Civil War documentary, was mocked for referring to America's current climate as "the most fraught time" in the history of the Republic.

Documentary historian Ken Burns contended that major events and legislative efforts throughout U.S. history have always experienced a level a pushback.

Burns and "The American Revolution" co-director David Schmidt walk in Colonial Williamsburg. Burns says he does not take his ...

“The Civil War” is a landmark of American documentary film. Forty million people watched the nine-part series when it first aired on PBS in 1990, and their enthusiasm helped spark a Civil War ...

When PBS first showed “The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns” in September 1990, it became a national sensation, ultimately seen by more than 40 million total viewers, the most-watched program in ...

The documentarian will hold a live talk at Seattle's McCaw Hall on July 14, during which a sneak preview of the documentary ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

And as much as "The Civil War" changed Ken Burns's life, the remastering process has given Burns the opportunity to really make the film he dreamed of more than 25 years ago.

This summer proved to Americans yet again that the Civil War, which officially ended 150 years ago, has never really gone away. The Charleston, S.C., church shooting that killed nine in June sparke… ...