Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein on the untold stories of 'The American Revolution'

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Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein on the untold stories of 'The American Revolution'

'..the founders, if they showed up here, would not be surprised that someone was trying to increase their power. They’d just be devastated that the legislative branch, had yielded that power.'

The Contrarian

Nov 18, 2025

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Over 6 nights and 2 hours each, filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein tell the magnificent, surprising, inspiring, and untold story of the American Revolution in their new PBS series, The American Revolution.

Ken, Sarah, and Jen discuss the the creation of the series, the human complexity surrounding Americans fighting for freedom from the British whi…

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