In mentioning Ken Burns‘ upcoming The American Revolution to casual observers, the most frequent response has been a variation on: “Wait. Hasn’t he done that already?”
The short answer is “No.” The longer explanation is that Burns and his collaborators have hit the battlefield for documentaries about the Civil War, World War II and Vietnam, while our American origins have played a role in documentaries about Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, the adventures of Lewis and Clark, and the demise of the American buffalo — but that the American Revolution has not gotten the standalone Burns & Company treatment.
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