Longtime documentary filmmaker Ken Burns praised the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as the "Declaration of Independence" for communications while lamenting the loss of its federal funding on ...

PHILADELPHIA − Standing outside Independence Hall, the building in which America's forebears signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, even iconic documentarian Ken Burns can't help but ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, when 13 American colonies dared to reject British rule over their affairs. Filmmaker Ken Burns spent a decade making a ...

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Painting by John Trumbull, 1818. The American Revolution examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the ...

A new six-part documentary series from Ken Burns titled "The American Revolution" is set to premiere on Nov. 16. The film explores the eight-year war, which Burns considers the most consequential ...