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Summary
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.
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- Family movie night
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- Teens
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Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
First aired
2025
November 16, 2025
Ended 2025
Genres
DocumentaryWar & PoliticsLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- TV-PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated TV-PG in the United States for violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
61 people
Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)6 episodes
Adam ArkinJames Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)6 episodes
Josh BrolinGeorge Washington (voice)6 episodes
Hugh DancyHugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)6 episodes
Claire DanesAbigail Adams (voice)6 episodes
Tom Hanks(voice)6 episodes
Damian LewisKing George III / Nicholas Cresswell / John Andre / Bartholomew James (voice)6 episodes
Tobias MenziesEdmund Burke / Ambrose Serle / Cornwallis / William Pitt (voice)6 episodes
Liev SchreiberSamuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)6 episodes
Kenneth Branagh(voice)6 episodes
Josh CharlesJoseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)5 episodes
Alden EhrenreichJoseph Plumb Martin (voice)5 episodes
Craig FergusonJohn Murray / John Jones / John Purrier / Martin Hunter / William Harcourt (voice)5 episodes
Paul GiamattiJohn Adams (voice)5 episodes
Maya HawkeBetsy Ambler (voice)5 episodes
Laura LinneySarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)5 episodes
Edward NortonBenjamin Rush / Philip Vickers Fithian / Philip Schuyler (voice)5 episodes
Matthew RhysThomas Paine (voice)5 episodes
Charlotte HackeFriederike Riedesel / Hannah Davis / Lucy Knox / Martha Reeves (voice)4 episodes
Ethan HawkeAnthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)4 episodes
Samuel L. JacksonCaesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)4 episodes
Joe KeeryJohn Greenwood (voice)4 episodes
Carolyn McCormickHannah Griffiths / Hannah Winthrop / Esther Reed (voice)4 episodes
Jon ProudstarCanassatego / Chainbreaker / Old Smoke / Shawnee Delegate (voice)4 episodes
Directing · 3
- Ken Burns Director, Producer, Creator
- Sarah Botstein Director, Producer
- David P. Schmidt Director, Producer
Writing · 1
- Geoffrey C. Ward Writer
Production · 1
- Salimah El-Amin Producer
Camera · 1
- Buddy Squires Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Isaac Derfel Sound Designer
Other crew · 1
- Jacquelyn Chin Assistant Sound Editor
The American Revolution episodes
1 season · 6 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 In Order to Be Free: (May 1754 - May 1775), 8.5
- S1 E2 An Asylum for Mankind (May 1775 - July 1776), 8.4
- S1 E3 The Times That Try Men's Souls (July 1776 - January 1777), 8.3
- S1 E4 Conquer by a Drawn Game (January 1777 - February 1778), 8.4
- S1 E5 The Soul of All America (December 1777 - May 1780), 8.2
- S1 E6 The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 - Onward), 8.5
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