In the 1960s, the United States Information Agency (USIA) created a number of documentaries for foreign audiences about what life is like in America, one of them was The American Negro, a 25-minute ...

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 ...

Representation is important. When most of us imagine a Western, we picture John Wayne in a shootout, a grizzled Clint Eastwood, and questionable depictions of stagecoaches under attack by Indigenous ...

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 ...

The advent of artificial intelligence, and the pace it’s advancing at, is something everyone has an opinion on. For many of us, every new development marks one step closer to a Black Mirror-esque ...

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 ...

Maasja Ooms' documentary, world premiering at Amsterdam, a psychiatrist converses with patients about their voices and, yes, even with the voices. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor One of the ...

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Past scripted projects attempting to tell Selena Quintanilla's story − a 1997 feature starring Jennifer Lopez and a two-season Netflix series − were sprinkled with what the late singer's sister ...