Liberty!

Liberty! The American Revolution is a six-hour documentary miniseries about the Revolutionary War—and the instigating factors—that brought about the United States' independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain—that first aired in 1997.

The episodes were introduced by Forrest Sawyer and narrated by Edward Herrmann. A number of eminent actors were featured in the film, including Roger Rees, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Terrence Mann, Colm Feore, and Donna Murphy.

The six hour-long episodes are:

1. "The Reluctant Revolutionaries" 1763-1774
2. "Blows Must Decide" 1774-1776
3. "The Times That Try Men's Souls" 1776-1777
4. "Oh Fatal Ambition" 1777-1778
5. "The World Turned Upside Down" 1778-1783
6. "Are We to Be a Nation?" 1783-1788

Liberty! was produced for Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) by Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), and won a George Foster Peabody Award. The directors were Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, who also collaborated on the later TPT production Benjamin Franklin. A soundtrack album was produced by Mark O'Connor, similarly titled Liberty!.

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