The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...

It was the deadliest war of the 20th century in Latin America. The war in the Gran Chaco, or 'la guerra del chaco' was an ...

The Vietnam War was a harrowing fight that lasted for 20 years and left the American homefront deeply divided, with numerous historians and filmmakers having tackled the subject over the years in ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

NORFOLK, Va. — June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, one of the most pivotal moments of World War II where the Allied forces launched a counteroffensive that eventually led to the defeat ...

In 1944, legendary Hollywood film director (and then-U.S. Army Major) WIlliam Wyler released "The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress," a 45-minute documentary showing what real air combat ...

The new documentary "Bodyguard of Lies" pulls back the curtain on the Afghanistan war and reveals the many falsehoods fed to Americans during the time.

“I have to constantly weigh what I will risk my life for. And it’s often civilians.” The new documentary from Oscar-winning directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhely and Jimmy Chin (“Free Solo”), “Love+War,” ...

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