TV Documentary Review: 'The History Channel Presents: The Revolution'
© 2006 A&E Home Video In 2006, back when A&E Networks' History was still called The History Channel and occasionally broke from its increasingly lowbrow programming to air actual historically-derived content, it presented The Revolution , a 13-part documentary about the 26-year-long effort of the 13 American colonies to achieve independence from Great Britain and the birth of a new nation in the Western Hemisphere. Written by the miniseries' primary director, Alexander Emmert and Stephen Stept, The Revolution uses a blend of live-action re-enactments, illustrations, and documents from the period, animated battle maps, talking-head commentary by historians and military experts, and dramatic voice-overs to tell the complex and fascinating story of the creation of the United States. Co-directed by Emmert with executive producer and co-writer Peter Schnall (who also did many of the production-related tasks), The Revolution (also known as The American Revolution ) c...