Ken Burns comes full circle when he frames the Revolutionary War as a civil war. “The war grew out of a multitude of grievances lodged against the British parliament by British subjects living an ...

Ken Burns keeps a neon sign in his editing room reading, “It’s complicated.” That was certainly true of his illuminating and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) “From a small spark kindled ...

Documentarian Ken Burns said in an appearance on "Meet the Press" that the American story is all about overcoming divisions.

Ken Burns has produced a documentary about the Revolutionary War that sets a new standard for historical documentaries. This has been said of Burns before, at least since “The Civil War” premiered in ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

The American Revolution of 1775 is a seminal moment in human history. “I think it's the most important event since the birth of Christ,” documentarian Ken Burns said in a recent phone chat. For eight ...

The Battle of Long Island took place on Long Island, but (as most Long Islanders know) not exactly. On Aug. 27, 1776, just weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2, the ...

During 15 hours over seven nights, Ken Burns' much-awaited documentary immerses us in World War II. The enormity of that war -- which placed the world's future in doubt while claiming at least 50 ...