Ken Burns' The American Revolution

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So, this past week Ken Burns' newest film was released


I watched all of the a six episodes this past week, which are up on the PBS website for watching for free until mid December. Burns basically takes a hammer and breaks a lot of the long standing myths and recent reframing of the war that at least when I was taught about the The American Revolution. For the first time in his filming career he uses reenactors, but they are never the actual focus along with a star studded collection of voice overs. I learned a lot more than I had learned on my own since I left college.

Burns' film covers a 20 year time span from 1756 up to 1780 along side covering all views of it, not just the rebels and British but Indians and slaves.

 

[Micah Sweet]

So, this past week Ken Burns' newest film was released


I watched all of the a six episodes this past week, which are up on the PBS website for watching for free until mid December. Burns basically takes a hammer and breaks a lot of the long standing myths and recent reframing of the war that at least when I was taught about the The American Revolution. For the first time in his filming career he uses reenactors, but they are never the actual focus along with a star studded collection of voice overs. I learned a lot more than I had learned on my own since I left college.

Burns' film covers a 20 year time span from 1756 up to 1780 along side covering all views of it, not just the rebels and British but Indians and slaves.

Just heard about this recently. Looking forward to watching it myself.

 

[MGibster]

As an undergraduate, I remember getting into a rather heated, uh, let's say debate, with an Englishman over whether the Colonies were justified in breaking away from Great Britain. I haven't watched the documentary yet, but I intend to.

 

[Zaukrie]

I saw about an hour the other day, and learned an insane amount! I will likely watch the whole thing soon.

 

[Jahydin]

As an undergraduate, I remember getting into a rather heated, uh, let's say debate, with an Englishman over whether the Colonies were justified in breaking away from Great Britain. I haven't watched the documentary yet, but I intend to.

What was your stance? Or would that be crossing the political guidelines here, haha?

Growing up in the US, I feel like I've been taught in a way that I would never even considered the question, so now intrigued.