‘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.
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (New Series Premiere)

Premieres Sunday, Nov. 16 - Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 from 8-10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encore Sunday, Nov. 16 - 21 ...
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Ken Burns says ‘The American Revolution’ tells history that ‘rhymes’ with modern times

Back in 2015, documentarian Ken Burns was still working on his Vietnam War series when he decided the next project would be on the American Revolution. Soon, ten years after Burns first felt that ...

‘Human nature doesn’t change.’ Ken Burns on what we learn from the American Revolution.

In 1975, a skinny Hampshire College kid making his first movie, a documentary about rural life in the early 1800s, hauled his ...
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This Day in History: October 28, 1776

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - On this day in history, a critical defensive stand occurred in the early months of the American ...
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How the American Revolution has become part of the current political divide

The American Revolution and the founding founders are two parts of U.S. history celebrated on July 4. But two centuries later, 1776 was a rallying cry for rioters disrupting a national election at the ...