In this modern take on the historical documentary, the mythical Thoreau – the hermit of Walden Pond, the imitator of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the nag, the saint – will give way to the human Thoreau: ...

When “The American Revolution” unfolds this month on PBS, don’t get the idea that you weren’t told the truth in elementary school. “What I learned in school was not wrong,” says director David Schmidt ...

Ken Burns' PBS documentary "The American Revolution" represents the best of filmmaking and a vital examination of the ...

Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Through ...

The fight for independence was one part revolution, one part civil war, with brutalities on both sides. That was one takeaway. George Washington was not all that hot of a military strategist, but he ...