Quinn Klinefelter, WDET News: In some of the episodes the narrators call it the most consequential revolution in history.

A new documentary on the American Revolution will soon shine a light on the events that launched a nation. Filmmaker Ken Burns, renowned for long-form documentaries like The Civil War, Baseball, and ...

Amid the nation’s upcoming semiquincentennial celebrations comes a new, 12-hour, six-part series from America’s master of documentary television. Directed by Ken Burns, “The American Revolution” ...

YORKTOWN — Colonial National Historical Park will host a special screening of the Ken Burns documentary “The American ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Legendary documentary film director Ken Burns this week said South Carolina was one of two violent ...

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On Nov. 25, 1783, Capt. Johann Ewald watched the start of the biggest party New York City had ever seen. “On all corners one saw the flag of thirteen stripes flying, cannon salutes were fired, and all ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — A new documentary series by filmmaker Ken Burns exploring America’s founding and its War for Independence is set to be released in November, but people can catch a sneak peek ...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written generations ago amid a violent conflict. It could only be documentary filmmaker ...