New Hampshire filmmaker Ken Burns has chronicled some of the most important moments and people in American history – the Vietnam war, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin and the Civil War to name a few.

With co-directors David Schmidt and Sarah Botstein, he tells America’s origin story in his new film, “ The American Revolution .” He spoke with NHPR Morning Edition host Rick Ganley about how he made the time period come alive on film.

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The American Revolution [has been] recounted in countless movies, books, musicals, what have you. Why did you decide to make this time period your next project?

The decision was made nearly 10 years ago in December of 2015. Barack Obama, by the way, had 13 months to go in his presidency. And the idea is all internal, we're not influenced by ext

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