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I Watched All 12 Hours of Ken Burns’s Revolutionary War Documentary So You Don’t Have To—Here Are the 12 Most Interesting Things I Learned

We tend to think we know a lot about the Revolutionary War since we learned “the greatest hits” in school—the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s famous ride, Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. It’s ...
USA Today

What Ken Burns wants you to know about 'The American Revolution' will shock you

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...
Wicked Local

Ken Burns on his latest documentary. 'The most important event since the birth of Christ.'

A new six-part documentary series from Ken Burns titled "The American Revolution" is set to premiere on Nov. 16. The film explores the eight-year war, which Burns considers the most consequential ...
Opinion
Washington MonthlyOpinion

What’s Wrong with The American Revolution by Ken Burns

Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.
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Ken Burns’ New Documentary Series The American Revolution Premieres November 16 on PBS

A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere on PBS this fall. The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series, will ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The American Revolution’ Review: Ken Burns Tackles the War for Independence in Patriotic, Pragmatic and Familiar Form

PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S. history. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic In mentioning Ken Burns‘ ...
PBS

Revolutionary South Jersey

Explore hidden Revolutionary War history in Camden, Red Bank Battlefield and beyond. Explore South Jersey’s untold Revolutionary War history, travel destinations and local flavors—from Camden’s ...
Star Tribune

Rash: Beyond history, ‘The American Revolution’ is relevant today

As a co-director of “The American Revolution,” the six-part PBS documentary that premieres on Sunday, David Schmidt seems in every sense thoroughly modern. And yet, he said in an interview, “I like to ...
PBS

Washington's War: General George Washington and the Revolutionary War

Revolutionary battles where General Washington secured his legacy as "First in War." Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and John Adams nominated George Washington to serve as the ...
Chicago Tribune

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

Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). He was telling me some advice that Southern novelist ...
Daily Journal

MSU’s Grant Presidential Library to screen new Burns documentary on the American Revolutionary War before debut

STARKVILLE — America’s struggle for independence that began 250 years ago will take center stage next month as Mississippi State’s Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library hosts the screening of a new ...