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 ...

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

In November 1975, Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel and Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert went into a WTTW studio to tape ...

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.

InSpired,” a documentary about how Frederick rebounded from catastrophic rains and combatted suburban flight to become the ...

The American Revolution, the new six-part documentary from filmmaker Ken Burns, is set to premiere on Sunday, November 16 and ...

Joshua Lisbon describes his background and experience before working on the 10-year study that formed the core content of ...

For many veterans, the battle doesn’t end when they come home. The invisible wounds of combat, like PTSD, can leave some feeling withdrawn or isolated. A new documentary, “In Waves and War,” follows a ...

Hale’s next film “Medicine Ball” focuses on Native basketball players learning about the sport’s cultural importance, and is ...

Netflix is home to several great documentaries covering a wide range of subgenres, but only a few display the technical and artistic brilliance, journalistic rigor, and moving narratives necessary to ...

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