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The American Revolution, a new documentary directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt offers an expansive look at the virtues and contradictions of the war and the birth of the United States of America. The six-part, twelve hour series airs every night on PBS from Sunday, November 16, through Friday, November 21, at 8pm, with encore presentations of each episode at 10pm.

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Trace the story of how thirteen American colonies united in rebellion, won an eight-year war to secure their independence, and established 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 than two dozen nations and forever change the world.

Narrated by Peter Coyote, the film follows dozens of figures from a wide variety of backgrounds. Through their individual stories, viewers experience the war through the memories of the men and women who experienced it.

The first-person voices of nearly 200 individual historic figures are read by a cast of actors, including Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson and Meryl Streep, among others.