Ken Burns Talks American Revolution with Journal Star: It's Bloody, Complex

Ken Burns pulls out the stops for ‘The American Revolution’

Only time and history will tell if tonight’s premiere of Ken Burns’ massive PBS series “The American Revolution” is the best, the greatest, the most eye-opening among this documentarian’s popular and critically acclaimed work. Certainly, “Revolution” is a singular achievement, offering new perspectives and insights on the uprising against British rule that changed the world by creating a democracy that has lasted 250 years. Officially that miles…

Ken Burns explains why the American Revolution is the most important event since the birth of Christ

The reknowned filmmaker talks about his new six-part documentary film series, "The American Revolution: An Intimate History," which airs Nov. 16-21 on PBS stations.

Ken Burns talks American Revolution with Journal Star: It's bloody, complex

Ken Burns' six-part, 12-hour documentary series on the American Revolution will premiere on Nov. 16 and air for six consecutive nights on PBS.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ken Burns on the American Revolution

Ken Burns’ latest documentary “The American Revolution,” launches this Sunday on PBS, ten years after he began work on it, which was just about the time that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “Hamilton” riffing and rapping on the same history began its run. “There’s been a lot of water under the American Bridge since then; a sense that our divisions will somehow destroy us,” Burns said yesterday, when he and Miranda met with four hundred public schoo…

Q&A: In ‘The American Revolution,’ Ken Burns’ filmmakers go back to the beginning

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premieres on PBS on Sunday, Nov. 16, it will mark the end of a filmmaking journey that began almost a decade ago. “Ken always says these films…

Ken Burns On Why The American Revolution Is The Most Important Event In History

– Democracy is not the intention of the Revolution. It’s a consequence of it. – by Chadwick Moore | New York Post | November 11, 2025 Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and the 1861 war between the Union and Confederacy. “Every era thinks they’re Chicken Little, the sky is falling,” Burns …