The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...

This month’s grid is a collaboration between Ken Burns, a documentarian, and Christina Iverson, a puzzle editor.

The biggest accomplishment of these films and others like them, Johnson contends, is that they made women’s suffering ...

Halloween may be the season of horror movies, but here's an assembly of outstanding non-horror movies that take place during ...

Earlier this month, UC Santa Barbara’s Community Labor Center hosted a night honoring Ross’s life and work, featuring a screening of the documentary American Agitators and a panel discussion with ...

Today's creepy clown is a Halloween favorite—and a return to the subversive figure clowns represented in the past.

A viral Annabelle meme about a burning plantation uncovers hidden history; linking horror tropes to Black spirituality, and ...

The festival’s closing night film is 1972’s “Black Girl” (Nov. 16). Directed by Ossie Davis, it was also recently restored, ...

New York Times bestselling author John Boessenecker uncovers the true story behind the legend of California’s most infamous ...

A PBS documentary profiles the storied diplomat who was obsessed, for better and worse, with keeping his adopted country safe ...

Experience early American life brought to vivid reality through firelight, storytelling, and the spirit of living history.