The American Revolution has been portrayed in many ways—sacred myth, bloody struggle, ideological clash, chaotic birth. It's a story of farmers and philosophers, spies and soldiers, compromise and ...

The wars fought in America's history all feature a cause. For movies focusing on the Civil War, soldiers fight out of loyalty to the Union or the Confederacy; for movies focusing on the World Wars, ...

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Painting by John Trumbull, 1818. The American Revolution examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns takes a deep dive into the event that led up to the American Revolutionary War, its aftermath and the birth of a nation in this six-part docuseries, “The American ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose in rebellion, won their independence, and established a new ...

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 ...

The documentary aims to look at the Revolution from multiple perspectives, moving beyond common myths. A large cast of actors, including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Morgan Freeman, will voice ...

From Silent-Era Myths to Prestige TV, Here’s How America’s Founding Conflict Has Been Portrayed on Screen “The big ideas of the Revolution aren’t diminished by telling the truth. They’re made stronger ...

Last week, the iconic American documentary filmmaker Ken Burns released his latest series: a six-part, 12-hour film on the American revolution. The film follows dozens of figures from various ...

Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Through ...