Ken Burns Reopens America’s Founding Wounds in ‘The American Revolution’

The PBS docuseries, co-directed by Sarah Botstein, argues America’s birth was less a unified fight for independence than a ...
Buffalo Rising

Remembering Austin Hoyt, Documentary Filmmaker and Buffalo Native

Austin Hoyt, a longtime television producer and Buffalo native, died on July 17, 2026. He was 89 years old. Hoyt was the twin ...
KALWOpinion

The US at 250: A Native Perspective with Professor Phil Deloria

On Friday, Trump ordered warning signs installed outside of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History due in part ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This 1863 Massacre Was the Deadliest Slaughter of Native Americans in U.S. History. Now, the Shoshone Are Restoring the Site of the Attack

Amid mounting tensions between white settlers and the Shoshone, Union soldiers killed an estimated 250 to 500 Shoshone. Today ...
NOLA.com

Louisiana native Spencer Williams Jr. paved the way for Black filmmakers. Why was he forgotten?

Who is Spencer Williams Jr.? He's probably best known for his final acting role as Andrew "Hogg" Brown, or simply Andy, in ...