The series features interviews with historians, illustrations of key events, re-enactors depicting warfare and life in the ...

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Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months ...

"The American Revolution" is a sweeping, six-part PBS docuseries that feels like a confrontation of how America's founding ideals were born ...

The six-part documentary examines the War for Independence and will air nightly through November 21. Watch it for free.

The best ways to watch online for free is on PBS.org with your local affiliate station, or with DirecTV’s five-day free trial ...

“The American Revolution” is the opposite: enduring, not ephemeral. And it accomplishes what Gerbner urges: “To move past a ...

From frequent collaborators like Tom Hanks to up-and-comers like Maya Hawke, here's how Ken Burns get Hollywood to voice his ...

"The American Revolution" documentary series by Ken Burns premieres Nov. 16. Two San Diego professors sat down with KPBS' ...