The American Revolution / directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt ; written by Geoffery C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, David Schmidt, Salimah El-Amin and Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA Washington, D.C..

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: KBAR600 | PBSLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Publisher: [Walpole, New Hampshire] : The American Revolution Film Project, LLC, [2025]Distributor: [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution.Copyright date: ©2025Description: 6 videodiscs (approximately 12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

9781531717261
1531717268

Uniform titles:

American Revolution (Television program : 2025)

Subject(s):

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

973.3 23/eng/20250929

LOC classification:

E208 .A44 2025

Online resources:

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Contents:

Disc 1 (Episode 1): In order to be free (May 1754-May 1775) -- Disc 2 (Episode 2): An asylum for mankind (May 1775-July 1776) -- Disc 3 (Episode 3) : The times that try men's souls (July 1776-January 1777) -- Disc 4 (Episode 4): Conquer by a drawn game (January 1777-February 1778) -- Disc 5 (Episode 5): The soul of all America (December 1777-May 1780) -- Disc 6 (Episode 6) : The most sacred thing (May 1780-Onward).

Production credits:

Edited by Tricia Reidy, Maya Mumma, Craig Mellish, and Charles E. Horton ; Cinematography by Buddy Squires ; original music produced by Johnny Gandelsman ; additional original music composed by David Cieri ; featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Jennifer Kreisberg, and Yo-Yo Ma.

Narrated by Peter Coyote ; voices: Adam Arkin, Tony Beck, Léon Dische Becker, Jeremiah Bitsui, Corbin Bleu, Kenneth Branagh, Josh Brolin, Bill Camp, Tantoo Cardinal, Josh Charles, Martin Czembor, Hugh Dancy, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Keith David, Hope Davis, Marcus Davis-Orrom, Bruce Davison, Alden Ehrenreich, Craig Ferguson, Morgan Freeman, Christian Friedel, Paul Giamatti, Domhnall Gleeson, Amanda Gorman, Michael Greyeyes, Jonathan Groff, Charlotte Hacke, Tom Hanks, Ethan Hawke, Maya Hawke, Lucas Hedges, Josh Hutcherson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Gene Jones, Michael Keaton, Joe Keery, Joel Kinnaman, Tracy Letts, Damian Lewis, Laura Linney, Josh Lucas, Michael Mando, Carolyn McCormick, Reece McCullagh, Lindsay Mendez, Tobias Menzies, Olivier Mercier, Joe Morton, Edward Norton, David Oyelowo, Mandy Patinkin, Wendell Pierce, Jon Proudstar, Matthew Rhys, Liev Schreiber, Chaske Spencer, Dan Stevens, Meryl Streep and Yul Vazquez ; on-screen presenters: Rick Atkinson, Friederike Baer, Bernard Bailyn, Maggie Blackhawk, Ned Blackhawk, Darren Bonaparte, Christopher Brown, Vincent Brown, Colin Calloway, Stephen Conway, Philip Deloria, Iris DeRode, Erica Dunbar, Kathleen DuVal, Joseph Ellis, Annette Gordon-Reed, William Hogeland, Maya Jasanoff, Jane Kamensky, Edward Lengel, Nathaniel Philbrick, Stacy Schiff, Alan Taylor, Michael Witgen, Gordon Wood, Serena Zabin,Summary: "Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more that two dozen nations and forever change the world."-- Container.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
DVD	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	DVDs	New Movies	DVD 973.3 AME	Available	Complete Series - 6 Discs		36748002647446

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. It impacted millions from Vermont's Green Mountains to the swamps of South Carolina, from Indian Country to the Iberian Peninsula. In defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside-down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic Coast united in rebellion, won their independence, and established a republic that still endures.The American Revolution, our six-part, twelve-hour series on America's founding struggle, will present the story of the men and women of the Revolutionary generation, their humanity in victory and defeat, and the crisis that they lived through. By weaving together accounts of American political leaders and their British counterparts with the perspectives of the so-called ordinary people who waged and witnessed war, The American Revolution will be an expansive, evenhanded look at the virtues and the contradictions in the fight for independence and the birth of the United States.

Originally produced as a documentary television program in 2025.

Wide screen.

Edited by Tricia Reidy, Maya Mumma, Craig Mellish, and Charles E. Horton ; Cinematography by Buddy Squires ; original music produced by Johnny Gandelsman ; additional original music composed by David Cieri ; featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Jennifer Kreisberg, and Yo-Yo Ma.

"Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more that two dozen nations and forever change the world."-- Container.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 (Spanish, described video).

English or Spanish dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English described video.