The Civil War, an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced in conjunction with WETA, Washington, D.C., first aired in September of 1990 to an ...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

Choose from the following options to learn about the people, places and events surrounding the Civil War. Explore each episode and watch clips from the film.

EXCLUSIVE: Ken Burns’ latest American history series is headed for the London TV Screenings. PBS Distribution has taken ...

Explore a massive collection of thought-provoking documentaries, including exclusive films from Ken Burns. Sometimes I like ...

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the American Revolution. It will air for six consecutive nights and will ...

Rosa Parks Day Act bill introduced to honor role in Civil Rights MovementSEE ALSO:Black History Month Trivia and Facts with ...

12-hour documentary series from the prolific Ken Burns that explores the country’s founding and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on PBS Sunday, November 16, 2025. The limited ...

For all that, New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree, that deserves better. “It fell to black sergeants to keep the unit organized ...

During this week of International Holocaust Remembrance, Resistance: They Fought Back, an important new Holocaust documentary ...

Like the "Civil War" documentary before it, this multi-part series from PBS is both gripping and illuminating, explaining nearly as much about our culture today as it depicts a war of 50 years ago.