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Ken Burns' ‘The American Revolution' Is a Vast Account of Our Country's Origin Story: TV Review

Six months away from its 250th year, the United States of America is still in its infancy. It is an empire forever moving and shifting, trying to decide what it will be. Prolific documentarian Ken ...
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Ken Burns’ ‘American Revolution’ Review: History Maestro Delivers Greatest Hits Plus More In Timely PBS Series

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed ...
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‘The American Revolution’ Tells The Story Of ‘One Of The Most Important Events In World History,’ Says Filmmaker Ken Burns

Siege of Yorktown. General Rochambeau and general Washington give last orders before an attack, October 1781. Auguste Couder (1789–1873). Artist Auguste Couder, 1836 (Photo by Pierce Archive ...
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‘ ...
CBS News

Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"

To dispel the idea that the American Revolution refers only to a war, we're going to start our look at Ken Burns' latest epic, "The American Revolution," at the end, after the war is won. In a 1787 ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The American Revolution’ Review: Ken Burns’s Static Story

Testing the human animal’s tolerance for plaintive fiddles, wheezy bagpipes, Peter Coyote and the whispery recitations of diary entries, “The American Revolution” is the most Ken Burns-y of Ken Burns ...

Oklahoma-based Cherokee filmmaker consults on Ken Burns' docuseries 'The American Revolution'

Burns' anticipated six-part docuseries "The American Revolution" premieres at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16 nationwide on PBS, ...
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Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' explores the beginnings of the nation's democracy

"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American ...

Ken Burn's 'American Revolution' features Oklahoma native's paintings

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus the Oklahoma History Center will ...
The New Yorker

What Was the American Revolution For?

This past June, at a No Kings rally outside a white clapboard church in a little brick town in the lower right-hand corner of Vermont, Green Mountaineers huddled together in raincoats under a ...
Variety

Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ Is a Vast Account of Our Country’s Origin Story: TV Review

Narrated by frequent Burns collaborator Peter Coyote, “The American Revolution” starts well before that fateful July day in 1776 when the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration ...