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If it's an important slice of American history, you can bet Ken Burns has made a documentary about it. The list is nearly endless. From baseball to jazz, Mark Twain to Ernest Hemingway, the Civil War to the Dust Bowl. Now, he's going back to the beginning. Burns’s upcoming documentary series, out later this year, will explore the Revolutionary War with a focus on the lesser-known characters of the revolution. Burns tells the Globe’s editorial page editor Jim Dao that this new film is the most important one he’ll ever make. Email us at [email protected].
To read Ken’s essay about his forthcoming series in Boston Globe Ideas, click here. And to read the rest of Globe Opinion’s coverage of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, click here.
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If it's an important slice of American history, you can bet Ken Burns has made a documentary about it. The list is nearly endless. From baseball to jazz, Mark Twain to Ernest Hemingway, the Civil War to the Dust Bowl. Now, he's going back to the beginning. Burns’s upcoming documentary series, out later this year, will explore the Revolutionary War with a focus on the lesser-known characters of the revolution. Burns tells the Globe’s editorial page editor Jim Dao that this new film is the most important one he’ll ever make. Email us at [email protected].
To read Ken’s essay about his forthcoming series in Boston Globe Ideas, click here. And to read the rest of Globe Opinion’s coverage of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, click here.

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