A documentary titled “Death and the Civil War,” prominently featuring Yale historian David Blight, will air on PBS on Sept. 18, at 8 pm. Based on Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book “This Republic of ...

My wife and I decided to again watch the Ken Burns epic masterpiece series “The Civil War.” We saw it when it came out in 1990. We were so impressed with it back then and even more so now but for a ...

Behind the Lines is a new documentary narrated by Annette Bening featuring selections from the Center for American War Letters brought to life by stars including Laura Dern, Common and Michael C. Hall ...

The four-day event will showcase 25 feature-length and short-form documentaries that shine new narrative light on urgent ...

NEW YORK — Ken Burns is looking back at his series “The Civil War” as PBS prepares to air a remastered edition 25 years after the network first aired the landmark 1990 documentary. “It speaks to what ...

Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story ...

Richard Warren, a 10-year-old from Salem, recently turned actor for a part in a Civil War documentary. Warren portrayed the young Richard Kirkland, a South Carolina soldier who earned the nickname ...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written generations ago amid a violent conflict. It could only be documentary filmmaker ...

Emmanuel Jal's documentary reveals his transformation from Sudan child soldier to global Hip-Hop artist and peace advocate.