Narrated by frequent Burns collaborator Peter Coyote, “The American Revolution” starts well before that fateful July day in 1776 when the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration ...

"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American ...

Ken Burns’ latest work takes us back to a moment of great dissension and division, a moment in which Americans raged against the monarch leading them and in which any outcome seemed possible. By sheer ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

American history has never sounded so cool — or so A-list. Everyone's favorite documentary filmmaker Ken Burns returns to PBS Nov. 16 with "The American Revolution." It's a six-part, 12-hour treatise ...

A Texas judge on Friday denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to block the maker of Tylenol from issuing claims that the painkiller is safe for pregnant women and young children, and from ...

There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’s editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” Even the prolific documentarian, who spends more time than most exploring the difficult truths of our nation’s history, ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: Meet the 2025 San Franciscans of the Year. Read all of The Examiner’s profiles on the winners here. As chairman of the board at Sutter Health, Ken McNeely has spent the past three years ...

He built groundbreaking guitars that were displayed in art galleries and played by Joni Mitchell, Trent Reznor and many others. Credit: D’Addario & CompanyCredit... Supported by By Alex Williams Ken ...

“I’m a storyteller. I’m a filmmaker. I’m not a historian,” Ken Burns says shortly before the release of his 10-years-in-the-making behemoth, The American Revolution. Few would argue the first two ...

The American Revolution, the new six-part documentary from filmmaker Ken Burns, is set to premiere on Sunday, November 16 and air for six consecutive nights through Friday, November 21 on PBS. You can ...