The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg will join other organizations throughout the nation and region in providing a free public screening of an episode of The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding and struggle and its eight-year War for Independence. 51, in partnership with WQED, will bring the documentary to the Mary Lou Campana Chapel and Lecture Center on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m. This event is sponsored by the campus History Club.
Adam Cilli, PhD, assistant professor of history, will introduce the segment and facilitate a discussion following the screening.
The film is directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt and written by Geoffrey Ward. To learn more about the film, visit .
The documentary’s synopsis notes, “Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democrative movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more than two dozen nations and forever change the world.”