You’re invited to join Ken Burns and WTTW for an unforgettable evening at The Auditorium in Chicago on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 7:30 pm.

This special preview event will feature selections from the epic new six-part, 12-hour film, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, and a behind-the-scenes conversation with Ken Burns and filmmakers.

Get your tickets now, as they are going quickly! WTTW members receive 10% off tickets through June 30 with a code that was sent via email.  

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, explores how thirteen British colonies won independence and created a new government that reshaped the continent and inspired centuries of democratic movements around the globe.

The AMERICAN REVOLUTION premieres on Chicago PBS station WTTW in November 2025.

The WTTW presentation of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION is brought to you, in part, by Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell in honor of George Washington’s Mount Vernon and The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.