The American Revolution was one of the most significant events in world history because it created a "new thing called a ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns spoke with CBS News' John Dickerson about his new film on the American Revolution. More from ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, co-directors of “The American Revolution,” which will premiere on Nov. 16, 2025, on PBS. You see that at the beginning of the first episode.

Ken Burns’s latest documentary series, “The American Revolution,” doesn’t start airing for another five months. It debuts on PBS Nov. 16.

As Ken Burns told me, “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies” is an attempt to offer a snapshot of everything we, collectively, know about cancer at this moment in time.

Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt are the directors of “The American Revolution” documentary series that will air on PBS beginning Nov. 16.

It’s been 250 years since the start of the American Revolution, and the extent to which our nation has matured into a continent-spanning world power has, no doubt, exceeded the founding fathers’ ...