Discover how to build a portable DIY solar charger for your smartphone using simple materials like copper foil tape, a micro-USB cable, and hot glue. This step-by-step tutorial guides you through each ...

The six-episode, 12-hour extravaganza, The American Revolution: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt, closes with a famous passage written by the esteemed Philadelphia physician, Dr.

Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and commanders back on muddy 18th-century ground. Co-directors Sarah Botstein and ...

Six months away from its 250th year, the United States of America is still in its infancy. It is an empire forever moving and shifting, trying to decide what it will be. Prolific documentarian Ken ...

The documentary aims to look at the Revolution from multiple perspectives, moving beyond common myths. A large cast of actors, including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Morgan Freeman, will voice ...

Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt, the six-part series premieres on Sunday, Nov. 16. By Rudie Obias If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link ...

Testing the human animal’s tolerance for plaintive fiddles, wheezy bagpipes, Peter Coyote and the whispery recitations of diary entries, “The American Revolution” is the most Ken Burns-y of Ken Burns ...

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 ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

In “The American Revolution,” an illustrated companion to a new documentary series, the conflict is global, gruesome and tearing us apart. By Ted Widmer Ted Widmer is the author of “Lincoln on the ...

PBS to Launch Largest Outreach Effort in Network’s History, with Filmmaker Events in 25-plus Markets, Station Engagement Across the Country, Extensive Educational Materials, and Partnerships with ...

To dispel the idea that the American Revolution refers only to a war, we're going to start our look at Ken Burns' latest epic, "The American Revolution," at the end, after the war is won. In a 1787 ...