Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren't ...

An astronaut from Apollo 11 surrounded by shots from Life Itself and I Am Not Your Negro in a composite image - Warner Bros. The overall quality of documentaries, particularly documentary films, have ...

"The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill" by John Trumbull. An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

*The HISTORY Channel will premiere a new documentary special centered on American design and national symbolism this July.

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 ...

Within the 93 minutes of American Doctor, documentary director Poh Si Teng offers up evidence of the harrowing and never-ending onslaught of terror that the people of ...

Starting this weekend, a new series on PBS dives into the early history of Muslims in the United States. The six-part documentary, “American Muslims: A History Revealed,” looks at notable figures and ...

Geoffrey C. Ward is an author, editor, historian and writer of scripts for American History Documentaries for Public Television. He is the author or co-author of 18 books. Five books are companion ...