Name: (GREEN VALLEY) AZPM presents THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Screening/Discussion
Start: 2025-09-22T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-22T20:00:00-07:00
Location: CPAC Community Performance & Art Center

$(GREEN VALLEY) AZPM presents THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Screening\/Discussion$

Ken Burns' new documentary, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down.
About this Event

Join AZPM for a screening of excerpts from the upcoming documentary from directors Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. takes an expansive look at the virtues and contradictions of the war and the birth of the United States of America.

In addition to the screening, we’ll host two engaging panel discussions moderated by Arizona Illustrated host Tom McNamara:

The Southwest in 1776
Speaking Up for Change: 1776 vs. 2025

Experience history up close with the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution through engaging visual displays.

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Corporate funding for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by The Better Angels Society and its members Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine with the Crimson Lion Foundation; and the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Major funding was also provided by David M. Rubenstein; The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation; Lilly Endowment Inc.; and the following Better Angels Society members: Eric and Wendy Schmidt; Stephen A. Schwarzman; and Kenneth C. Griffin with Griffin Catalyst. Additional support for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by: The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling; Park Foundation; and the 6 following Better Angels Society members: Gilchrist and Amy Berg; Perry and Donna Golkin; The Michelson Foundation; Jacqueline B. Mars; Kissick Family Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierley; John H. N. Fisher and Jennifer Caldwell; John and Catherine Debs; The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund; Philip I. Kent; Gail Elden; Deborah and Jon Dawson; David and Susan Kreisman; The McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Becky and Jim Morgan; Carol and Ned Spieker; Mark A. Tracy; and Paul and Shelley Whyte. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was made possible, in part, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.