THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, A NEW FILM FROM KEN BURNS
New Six-Part, 12-Hour Series Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt and Written by Geoffrey Ward
About the Show
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on Sunday, November 16 and air for six consecutive nights through Friday, November 21st.
The much anticipated series, which has been in production for eight years, was directed and produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt and written by long-time collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward. The filmmakers and PBS scheduled the broadcast for 2025, the 250th anniversary of the start of the war, which began in the spring of 1775, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence.
TO PREMIERE NOVEMBER 16, 2025
With a Weekend Stack Encore November 22-23, 2025
And a Weekday Encore November 24-28, 2025

Screening Dates:
Sunday, October 19, 2025
MDAH Sunday Screening
Two Mississippi Museums
2:00PM-3:00PM
Sunday Screening Short Films Showcase | Mississippi Department of Archives & History
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
MDAH History is Lunch
Two Mississippi Museums
12:00PM-1:00PM
History Is Lunch | Mississippi Department of Archives & History