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Historian Annette Gordon-Reed. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
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The filmmakers on how understanding the people of the Revolution can help us understand who we are.
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3:37
Filmmakers discuss how they used stories of both well-known and lesser known figures.
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10:33
The filmmakers discuss how the story of The American Revolution came together.
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3:57
The filmmakers discuss how they crafted imagery to help tell the story of the American Revolution.
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6:29
Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on the challenges of telling America's origin story.
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Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life.
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The filmmakers on how they tapped a broad range of influences to recreate the music of the era.
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5:13
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary from Ken Burns.
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2:20
A single shot echoes on Lexington Green, and the American Revolution begins.
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