Mississippi State University

U.S. Grant Presidential Library: Screening of Ken Burns' New Documentary on the American Revolution, Panel Discussion

The Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, in partnership with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, will host a special screening of the new Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution on Oct. 21 at ...
The Virginian-Pilot

For filmmaker, Ken Burns documentary also a homecoming to Williamsburg

Several years ago, David Schmidt returned to his hometown to film sequences for Ken Burns’ documentary “The American Revolution,” believing “where else would you find a better place (than Williamsburg ...
The Boston Globe

Did the American Revolution start in Massachusetts or Rhode Island? Ken Burns tackles the tough question.

PROVIDENCE — Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns came to the Rhode Island State House on Thursday to preview his upcoming series, “The American Revolution,” highlighting the key roles that Rhode Islanders ...
The New York Times

Can Ken Burns Win the American Revolution?

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated. No, he does not want to talk about President Trump. Burns’s 12-hour ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The American Revolution’ Review: Ken Burns Tackles the War for Independence in Patriotic, Pragmatic and Familiar Form

PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S. history. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic In mentioning Ken Burns‘ ...
The Boston Globe

‘Human nature doesn’t change.’ Ken Burns on what we learn from the American Revolution.

In 1975, a skinny Hampshire College kid making his first movie, a documentary about rural life in the early 1800s, hauled his reluctant body from bed before dawn to film reenactors at Old Sturbridge ...