Oscar Documentary Hopefuls Examine America’s Corrupt Prison System, the Israel-Hamas War, the Importance of Investigative Reporting in a Democracy and More

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

Jordan Peele’s ‘High Horse: The Black Cowboy’ Documentary Gets Peacock Premiere Date; First Trailer

Peacock has set Thursday, Nov. 20 for the premiere of Jordan Peele's documentary, High Horse: The Black Cowboy, and released the first trailer.
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Big Push for 'Small Island' Documentary

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

Ken Burns Knows Who Won the American Revolution: “Ne’er-Do-Wells, Felons, and Immigrants”

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, ...

‘Human nature doesn’t change.’ Ken Burns on what we learn from 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 with a focus on SC is almost here

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