Revered Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah has joined the Oscar-qualifying documentary 'Far From Home' as executive producer.

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 ...

A PBS documentary profiles the storied diplomat who was obsessed, for better and worse, with keeping his adopted country safe ...