Having entered the kindergarten the year Nixon and Kissinger entered the White House, I remember classmates thrilling to their foreign policy adventures: The undeniable fun of ping-pong diplomacy, the ...

This month marks a pivotal milestone in American history: 225 years ago, the doors of the White House opened to welcome its first residents.

Halloween parties and costume contests fill this week’s agenda, but don’t overlook Adams Morgan PorchFest, D.C. Zinefest or the Double Exposure Film Festival.

Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein talked about their new PBS series, "The American Revolution," and related modern lessons that come from the historical era.

In “The Great Contradiction,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at the way the founders wrestled with the fate of ...

After capturing hundreds of hours of footage, over a decade, for his new docuseries "The American Revolution," filmmaker Ken Burns knew the epic story had to begin with Benjamin Franklin. Burns was ...

Netflix will delve into NBA legend Kevin Durant's life in a new documentary series featuring revealing interviews.

Pelham High School teacher Savannah Fisher will soon appear on television screens nationwide as part of the new PBS ...

After an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, documentary 612: Darkness in the Land of Nice is coming back home to Minnesota for a free screening at ...

Mount Vernon is 21 miles from my home. Lately I can almost feel the tremors from the nation’s general-turned-first-president spinning in his grave there. George Washington, who set long-followed ...

George Orwell's writings warning of the dangers of totalitarian and authoritarian states gave the English language the term "Orwellian." A new documentary called "Orwell: 2+2=5” argues that Orwell's ...

It’s fitting that Raoul Peck’s latest documentary, “Orwell: 2+2=5,” is hitting theaters across the country during this year’s Banned Books Week. Since its publication in 1949, George Orwell’s ...