Bonus Episode: Following History's Stories, on Film | History Matters Podcast
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The episode discusses the storytelling of America's founding with guests who co-directed a PBS documentary on the American Revolution.
Thirteen colonies rose up, rebelled against an Empire, and won their independence. These unlikely victors built a new nation on democratic principles that inspired similar movements around the world. How should we tell the story of our nation’s founding? Guests Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, who co-directed The American Revolution with Ken Burns, explain how chronology and characters shape their longform PBS documentaries and accompanying curriculum materials, in a bonus episode of the His...
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