From Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson to Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, American stars help tell the story of The American ...

The PBS documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns, tells an American origin story to bring a diverse nation together, rather than ...

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Ken Burns’s new documentary series on the American Revolution includes history often left out of textbooks: the economic and ...

The series features interviews with historians, illustrations of key events, re-enactors depicting warfare and life in the ...

Ahead of the PBS production's premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their ...

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There’s no photographs. There’s no news reels. The cast of characters is so spectacularly diverse," Ken Burns said in an ...

Laura Linney is among the huge A-list cast, but she’s not playing Giamatti’s wife Abigal Adams this time — Claire Danes is.

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The six-part documentary examines the War for Independence and will air nightly through November 21. Watch it for free.