Even the most casual soccer fan knows "The Hand of God," Argentine legend Diego Maradona's controversial goal against England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The volleyball-like palm strike should have ...

Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani discusses making a film about Iranian freedom fighters in exile, finishing it as bombs ...

President Trump repeatedly vowed 'no new wars' as he ran for a second term. A FRONTLINE documentary examines how he assembled ...

There's no shortage of World War II documentaries. But every so often, a filmmaker finds a new doorway into a familiar ...

Netflix offers a range of war movies that take place on and off the battlefield, with some based on true stories while others are more about the effects of conflict on society. WWII epic ‘Schindler's ...

Just as there’s been no shortage of wars, and movies about said wars, so too is there no shortage of documentaries about war. Some of these are TV shows, and are arguably more suited to that format ...

A short documentary film that was once labeled “foreign political propaganda” in the United States is now being remembered as ...

The actor-producer and historian Jon Meacham discuss their new History Channel docuseries on 'the largest event in human ...

If you don’t know your past, you don’t know your future. It’s a cliche, but it’s true. Here’s another one: history repeats itself. The best way to educate yourself about world affairs and their ...

History Channel’s new documentary series, “World War II With Tom Hanks,” is scheduled to premiere Monday, May 25.

Washington, DC – May 6, 2026 -- THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the six-part, 12-hour documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, that premiered on PBS in November 2025, will ...

There’s also the fact, of course, that documentaries can be just as gripping and powerful as narrative features and require just as much artistry—if not more so—to tell a real-life story. Luckily for ...