Dear Friends of American Experience, America's history is complicated. It is inspiring. And it is rich. It contains a treasure trove of cautions, but also triumphs that remain the envy of the world.

The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

Taylor Sheridan's 'Landman' is no match for one of the greatest documentaries ever made about American History.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Mr. Polaroid, a new documentary about Polaroid inventor Edwin Land, will premiere ...

I don’t know a single person that shares the level of my love and appreciation for PBS, specifically their long-running series, “American Experience.” These documentaries combine dramatic reenactments ...

EXCLUSIVE: The idea of taking a photograph anywhere, anytime and see the image immediately has become entirely routine. But in the 1940s, the concept was revolutionary. Long before smart phones made ...

The story of one of our local heroes who witnessed "a day that will live in infamy" is now being preserved through a new ...

In his latest series, Ken Burns, veteran of renowned documentaries on the Civil and Vietnam wars, tells the story of the ordinary men and women who took on the mighty British Empire to found a new ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

GBH announced Tuesday that it is laying off 13 employees at American Experience, and pausing production of new American Experience documentaries. “Severe cuts in federal funding for public media are ...