You don’t have to be a professional historian to realize this documentary's title refers to the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, i.e., the one that abolished slavery. However, Ava DuVernay ...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written generations ago amid a violent conflict. It could only be documentary filmmaker ...

Fifty years after NASA put the first men on the moon, this 2019 history documentary was released to celebrate the essential wonder of that historic space mission, without extraneous commentary.

This classic music doc follows Bob Dylan’s famous 1965 tour of England, which marked an important change in the music world, Dylan’s career, and music history. This film was directed by D.A.

Director Lynn Novick to Follow Central Park’s Evolution from a Democratic Experiment in the 1850s to America’s Most Celebrated Public Space Three-Part Series to Weave History and Imagery to Explore ...

Upstate History Documentaries is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung ...

November has begun. Besides the chillier weather, preparation for the holidays, football season, and searching for the perfect Thanksgiving turkey (or Tofurky), it’s also Native American Heritage ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

In honor of Black History Month, Maryland Public Television (MPT) and MPT2 are featuring a compelling lineup of programs that explore pivotal moments in African-American history. The programming, ...

Some worry that history documentaries, which can take years to produce, could become a long-term casualty of the cuts. The NEH has supported some of the most prominent history documentaries in recent ...