Ken Burns says documenting the American Revolution made him 'optimistic' about the country's future

Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life.
The Providence Journal

Ken Burns says, 'RI is huge and large in the story of the founding of our country'

Filmmaker Ken Burns highlighted Rhode Island's significant role in the American Revolution while promoting his new PBS series. Burns identified Nathanael Greene of Coventry as the second most ...
New York Post

Ken Burns on why the American Revolution is ‘the most important event in history after the birth of Christ’

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 ...
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Ken Burns: 'We have sanitized' the American Revolution

Burns's comments come amid heated debates about how American history should be presented.
Texas Public Radio

Ken Burns wants viewers to give history a second look with 'The American Revolution'

NPR's history podcast Throughline speaks with Ken Burns about his latest documentary, The American Revolution.
Yahoo

‘The American Revolution’ Review: Ken Burns’ Sluggish but Poignant PBS Docuseries Charts the Fight for Independence

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) “From a small spark kindled ...
Newsday

Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' is profoundly moving

The Battle of Long Island took place on Long Island, but (as most Long Islanders know) not exactly. On Aug. 27, 1776, just weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2, the ...
PBS

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 ...