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Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ explores the beginnings of the nation’s democracy

"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American ... Read More

Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over. Read More

‘A More Perfect Union' explores the fate of democracy with Ken Burns

PBS premieres "A More Perfect Union," a one-hour panel with Ken Burns discusses liberty, equality and democracy as a companion to the acclaimed documentarian's "The American Revolution." ... Read More

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The American Revolution’ On PBS, A Ken Burns Docuseries Takes A Deep Dive Into The U.S.’s Fight For Independence

T he American Revolution on PBS, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, written by Geoffrey C. Ward and narrated by Peter Coyote, is a six-part docuseries about the events leading up ... Read More

Ken Burns says ‘American Revolution’ doc could help US ‘with the divisions of today’

Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story of the revolution, and the war itself, could “put the ‘us’ back in the U.S. Read More

‘The American Revolution’ Review: Ken Burns’s Static Story

The veteran documentarian returns with a six-part series on PBS that takes a slow and sanctimonious approach to the nation’s founding conflict. Read More

Column: Ken Burns documentary explores the blood, courage and hope of ‘The American Revolution’

The 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze titled “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary that debuts on WTTW-Ch. 11 and ... Read More

Ken Burns says Americans have been fighting each other since the beginning

In his new documentary series “The American Revolution,” the prolific filmmaker depicts a nation created by violence. Still, he finds cause for optimism. Read More

Ken Burns and his team set their eyes on the Holy Grail of U.S. history: The American Revolution

The directors and writer of the six-part docuseries say the revolution is 'wrapped in a lot of mythology and nostalgia,' leading them to uncover some surprising perspectives. Read More

Ken Burns on his ‘most important’ project yet — The American Revolution

It would be hard to imagine today, but for a week in the fall of 1990, it seemed almost everyone in America was watching the same thing, at the same time. Nearly 40 million people tuned in for at ... Read More

Documentarian Ken Burns on what he learned from his latest project

Documentarian Ken Burns talks about what he learned during the making of his latest project, “The American Revolution.” We talk to voters one year after Trump’s win Sugary sodas cause deadly diseases. Read More