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The American Revolution, Ken Burns

Ken Burns got over his aversion to reenactments to make ‘The American Revolution’

With co-directors David Schmidt and Sarah Botstein, he tells America’s origin story in his new film, “ The American Revolution .” He spoke with NHPR Morning Edition host Rick Ganley about how he made the time period come alive on film.

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Why documentary filmmaker Ken Burns says he ‘won’t work on a more important project’ than ‘The American Revolution’

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Ken Burns Says His New Documentary Forced Him to Revisit Everything He Thought He Knew About the American Revolution

‘The Civil War’? ‘Baseball’? Ranking the 10 best Ken Burns documentary series

Kansas City is an even .500 after 10 games and currently sits in ninth in the AFC playoff race. So here’s the question of the day: Can the Patriots win out heading into the playoffs?

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What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

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The American Revolution, Ken Burns

‘The Civil War’? ‘Baseball’? Ranking the 10 best Ken Burns documentary series

What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles

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