After capturing hundreds of hours of footage, over a decade, for his new docuseries "The American Revolution," filmmaker Ken Burns knew the epic story had to begin with Benjamin Franklin. Burns was ...

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast comes to you from the Hot Springs Documentary Festival, where we spoke with the filmmakers behind ...

We want The Atlantic to be the greatest writer’s collective on the planet,” the magazine’s editor-in-chief said ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns, in his latest documentary series, tackles what he calls ‘the most important event in the history of the ...

In a neighborhood with no running water or paved streets, Hattie Thomas Whitehead was still content — running around barefoot ...

Halloween parties and costume contests fill this week’s agenda, but don’t overlook Adams Morgan PorchFest, D.C. Zinefest or ...

Eight years after Parks’ death, on February 27, 2013, a statue of Parks was installed inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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

A PBS documentary profiles the storied diplomat who was obsessed, for better and worse, with keeping his adopted country safe ...

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 The invisible wounds of combat, like PTSD, can leave some feeling withdrawn or isolated.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 ...