Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the course of his career, acclaimed painter, illustrator and Oklahoma native Mike Wimmer has created artworks for picture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to career accomplishments, America's preeminent documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has plenty to choose from. Whether ...

Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life. In an interview with “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, the filmmaker challenged how the nation ...

It’s a total coincidence that Ken Burns, David Schmidt and Sarah Botstein’s six-part documentary series “The American Revolution” was released by PBS in November 2025, less than a year ahead of the ...

For the first time ever, PBS made its way into Nielsen’s top 10 streaming list, thanks to Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” documentary series. As “The American Revolution” aired nightly on PBS ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 12, 2026 / Renowned filmmaker Ken Burns will receive the highest honor bestowed by The Fort Ticonderoga Association, when he is conferred The Ticonderoga ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it’s out of an understandable ...

Directors Sarah Botstein and Ken Burns look at a bust of George Washington made by Jean-Antoine Houdon at George Washington's Mount Vernon on Oct. 29, 2025, in Mount Vernon, Va. Credit - Matt ...

The PBS docuseries, co-directed by Sarah Botstein, argues America’s birth was less a unified fight for independence than a brutal, contradictory conflict over power, land and freedom. By Max Gao In ...

The directors of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, along with special guests, talk about the history of the era, the making of the film, and its relevance today.