This year’s crop of top documentary contenders includes films about racism, war, America’s corrupt prison system and George Orwell.

The documentary "From That Small Island" will be broadcast on PBS stations across the U.S. beginning in January 2026. But in ...

I vowed after ‘The Civil War’ not to do any more war films,” says the master documentarian. “It hurt too much.” Lucky for us, he couldn’t keep his promise—paving the way for The American Revolution, ...

In 1975, a skinny Hampshire College kid making his first movie, a documentary about rural life in the early 1800s, hauled his ...

Ken Burns' new "American Revolution" series premieres Nov. 16 on PBS, filmed across 100 locations with storytelling from ...

Métis filmmaker Shane Belcourt first heard about the occupation a few years ago when he was going to direct a Heritage Moment on Anicinabe Park, a project that didn’t move ahead. When he was ...

Cheney pushed to expand executive power and was a key force behind the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. FRONTLINE chronicled his influence in multiple documentaries.

The new PBS documentary "The American Revolution" features A-list actors voicing historical figures across six episodes.

NAVARRO: Chuco, you directed the documentary, You've Succeeded: The Life & Times of Dimas Garza, which uses interviews that ...

Late political activist Assata Shakur is the subject of a documentary and scripted project by sister-brother filmmakers ...

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...

Earlier this month, UC Santa Barbara’s Community Labor Center hosted a night honoring Ross’s life and work, featuring a screening of the documentary American Agitators and a panel discussion with ...