US EditionKen Burns 'The American Revolution' Documentary
The series features historian interviews, reenactments, and celebrity voices, aiming to revisit myths and diverse experiences of the Revolution's eight-year War for Independence.
- This coming week, Ken Burns, director, premieres The American Revolution, six-part, 12-hour documentary series on PBS, airing nightly through Friday, November 21, after a New York premiere at the 2025 Atlantic Festival.
- Burns decided to make the film in 2015 and pursued it for nearly a decade, with filmmakers noting smallpox research coincided with the Covid pandemic, Burns said.
- Filmmakers followed reenactors to capture 18th-century life and warfare, spending 12 hours narratively exploring intimate moments including John Peters killing a friend and the Battle of Saratoga brothers' embrace.
- Burns said he is really happy that it came out far in advance of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, while co-director Sarah Botstein highlights state-versus-federal debates that will resonate with a 2025 audience.
- The production rejects a single philosophical frame and favors complicated characters, intentionally omitting Betsy Ross to position the series ahead of July 4, 2026.
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Ken Burns 'The American Revolution' Documentary
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Previewing new PBS docuseries 'The American Revolution' and sitting down with filmmakers behind it | One Detroit - BridgeDetroit
Filmmaker Ken Burns’ newest documentary, “The American Revolution,” premiered on Detroit PBS on Sunday. The six-part series examines the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year war for independence. One Detroit contributor Stephen Henderson of American Black Journal sits down with Burns and co-director Sarah Botstein. This story also appeared in Detroit PBS - One Detroit Learn how to watch here.
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Revolutionary War Stories Come to Life Through PBS Series, Local DAR Ancestry | The Fayette County Record
In celebration of the PBS documentary The American Revolution beginning Nov. 16, local DAR members share stories of their Revolutionary War Ancestors from Nov. 16-21, PBS will premiere The American Revolution, a primetime, six-part, 12-hour documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt.
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