“The Age of Disclosure,” a documentary featuring government and military officials, was screened for a bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives. The director Dan Farah at a showing ...

John Trumbull's 1818 painting, Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. Staff ...

A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s at stake is history itself. Critic’s Notebook A combination of technological ...

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual projects. That’s because he doesn’t really make subpar documentaries, although ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

Ahead of the PBS production’s premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their research process and the surprising, long-overlooked stories featured in the ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...