The final documentary of American Experience before the series pauses new production explores the life and career of the ...

A PBS documentary profiles the storied diplomat who was obsessed, for better and worse, with keeping his adopted country safe ...

After capturing hundreds of hours of footage, over a decade, for his new docuseries "The American Revolution," filmmaker Ken Burns knew the epic story had to begin with Benjamin Franklin. Burns was ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

Filmmaker Christian de Rezendes' documentary "Slatersville: America's First Mill Village" explores the 250-year history of Slatersville, Rhode Island. The documentary, which has won three Emmy awards, ...

Ken Burns’s The American Revolution is making its way on PBS on November 16, 2025. This six part documentary explores America ...

Director Lynn Novick to Follow Central Park’s Evolution from a Democratic Experiment in the 1850s to America’s Most Celebrated Public Space Three-Part Series to Weave History and Imagery to Explore ...

A documentary about renowned playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez has won the seventh annual $200,000 Library of Congress ...

You don’t have to be a professional historian to realize this documentary's title refers to the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, i.e., the one that abolished slavery. However, Ava DuVernay ...

“Some of the stories that have come out of this… they break your heart in a thousand pieces.” This upcoming documentary dives deep into a remarkable American family—Black and white descendants, bound ...

SEATTLE, WA. — The late Jim Thorpe is regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, and for good reason. He was the first Native American to become an Olympic gold medalist. He also became an ...