TULLAHOMA — Motlow State Community College and area PBS station WCTE have partnered to offer the community a free preview screening of Ken Burns latest documentary, The American Revolution. The event will take place at the South Jackson Performing Arts Center on Monday, November 3 at 5:30 p.m.

Burns is an American filmmaker known for his in-depth documentary films and television series that deep dive into American culture and history. Past documentary subjects include the Civil War, National Parks system, baseball, and country music.

This new six part series examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Through their individual stories, viewers experience the war through the memories of the men and women who experienced it: the rank-and-file Continental soldiers and American militiamen (some of them teenagers), Patriot political and military leaders, British Army officers, American Loyalists, Native soldiers and civilians, enslaved and free African Americans, German soldiers in the British service, French and Spanish allies, and various civilians living in North America, Loyalist as well as Patriot, including many made refugees by the war.

The screening will show the first hour and a half of the series. The full series will premiere on November 16. You can experience history before it airs on PBS and hear insights from Motlow’s own history faculty panel. Admission is free, but seats are limited.

To learn more about the new documentary, click here. Or to reserve your free seats for the event, follow this link. •

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