The American Civil War left many lasting scars in the national psyche, which helps to explain why it has repeatedly proved to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A desire to showcase two talented young women onstage blossomed into a Civil War–era musical, along with the documentary that ...

A highly acclaimed 1989 war epic starring Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman will no longer be part of Netflix’s library ...

PBS will rebroadcast The Civil War, an award-winning documentary series from Ken Burns starting on April 3rd. But the public television network is offering the first ...

The American Civil War has been the subject of many great movies, from Gettysburg to The Outlaw Josey Wales, often depicting the brutality of the conflict through heroic figures. While some of these ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent. Critic’s Notebook In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). He was telling me some advice that Southern novelist ...

A desire to showcase two talented young women onstage blossomed into a Civil War–era musical, along with the documentary that showcases one man’s creative leap of faith. “In the Shadow of the Mountain ...