David Schmidt has spent his entire career at Florentine Films, beginning as an intern and rising within the company to senior producer. He previously worked with Ken Burns on The Roosevelts: An ...

A collection on the streaming platform highlights the wide-ranging work of the director, from the screwball ‘Bringing Up Baby ...

PBS has extended Ken Burns’ free streaming window for his history docuseries “The American Revolution,” following its ratings success. The 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The American Revolution took place two and a half centuries ago, but the battle over how to frame the story of the country’s ...

Countless historians, over the years, have lamented that those who forget or ignore history are condemned to repeat it.

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.

When “The American Revolution” unfolds this month on PBS, don’t get the idea that you weren’t told the truth in elementary school. “What I learned in school was not wrong,” says director David Schmidt ...

Cannon in silhouette from the Yorktown Battlefield at Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, Va. (PBS) For the first time ever, PBS made its way into Nielsen’s top 10 streaming list, thanks to ...

The Cincinnati Reds would unquestionably benefit from a Chase Burns breakout season in 2026. Burns, who was selected by the Reds with the second overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, features a high ...

The 18th century property can be seen in the first episode of Ken Burns' latest project for PBS. Filmed in part at Lake Compounce in Bristol, as well as in Bridgeport, Greenwich, Southport and Black ...