Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentarian behind films like “Titicut Follies,” “At Berkeley,” “National Gallery” and “Ex Libris,” died on Monday. He was 96 years old. Wiseman’s death was announced ...

Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a cord and unveiled a plaque hanging above a door at the end of a cramped hallway on the Capitol’s third floor. For the first time, a press gallery on Capitol Hill was ...

As the home of the nation's first hospital and medical school, Philadelphia is considered the "cradle of American medicine." Yet the achievements of a group of local Black women in the nursing field ...

Frederick Wiseman, a titan of American cinema whose singular approach to observational documentaries inspired generations of younger filmmakers, died on Monday. He was 96. Wiseman’s family confirmed ...

Wiseman's 50-plus year career started with a bang with "Titicut Follies," and only got better. Frederick Wiseman, the legendary documentarian who made groundbreaking portraits of social institutions ...

Recognised with an honorary Academy Award in 2016, Wiseman directed and produced almost 50 films with a lifelong commitment to curiosity and naturalism Frederick Wiseman, the prolific film-maker whose ...

University librarian Kate Topham speaks at the Douglass Day event in Hatcher Graduate Library Friday morning. Varun Tandon/DAILY. Buy this photo. After escaping slavery in 1838, Douglass became a ...

Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind the controversial 1967 film "Titicut Follies" and 2017's "Ex Libris," has died. He was 96. The director "passed away peacefully at his home ...

A son of the influential fashion editor Diana Vreeland, he had an upbringing well suited to his overt and covert duties during the Cold War. By Penelope Green Frederick Vreeland, a debonair Cold War ...

He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant. By John Anderson ...

Lawmakers are honoring the abolitionist during Black History Month, amid national debate over how U.S. history is taught. The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed in honor ...

Every February in Baltimore, the air carries a double weight. The wind off the harbor is still sharp, but the calendar insists on remembrance. We move through Black History Month with a familiar ...