Ken Burns’ The American Revolution: 10 Big Takeaways From the Directors (Exclusive)

Mădălin Mihai

Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries  The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and commanders back on muddy 18th-century ground. Co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt sat down with Military.com to tell how they rebuilt the war from the enlisted level up, giving us a depiction of the revolution audiences have never seen before.  Cinematographer Buddy Squires shoots on location at Monmouth Battlefield State Park. A Revolutionary War musician