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What does the U.S. government know about “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs), aliens and an alleged global alien technology arms race? A brand-new documentary claims to have an answer: more than it ...

A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s at stake is history itself. Critic’s Notebook A combination of technological ...

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual projects. That’s because he doesn’t really make subpar documentaries, although ...

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 ...

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It begins with a reminder from longtime Burns collaborator and narrator Peter Coyote that long before 13 British colonies made themselves into the United States, the six nations of the Iroquois ...

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 ...