The story of Knight’s rebellion is new territory for Hollywood, which throughout much of the 20 th century released films that reinforced the Lost Cause, most notably, Birth of a Nation, Gone With the ...

My wife and I decided to again watch the Ken Burns epic masterpiece series “The Civil War.” We saw it when it came out in 1990. We were so impressed with it back then and even more so now but for a ...

This animated historical documentary series explores the origins and major events of the American Civil War. Covering everything from the causes of Southern secession to key battles like Fort Sumter, ...

A documentary titled “Death and the Civil War,” prominently featuring Yale historian David Blight, will air on PBS on Sept. 18, at 8 pm. Based on Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book “This Republic of ...

Richard Warren, a 10-year-old from Salem, recently turned actor for a part in a Civil War documentary. Warren portrayed the young Richard Kirkland, a South Carolina soldier who earned the nickname ...

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 word “samurai” is thrown around a lot in popular culture, but this six-part series gets down to the brass tacks of what it actually means. Covering the era of feudal Japan from 1551 to 1616, the ...