The American Revolution

Name: The Soul of All America (December 1777 – May 1780)
Duration: 6840 s
Cast: Peter Coyote, Adam Arkin, Josh Brolin

The Soul of All America (December 1777 – May 1780)

Directed by Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, David P. Schmidt

TV-PG

S1 • E5 Nov 20, 2025 1h 54m

8.33.6

The French-American alliance changes the war and moves it to other theaters; navies battle off England and in the Caribbean, while armies advance in Indian Country and the South; the British take Charleston.

Where to Watch The American Revolution - S1 • E5

Cast of The Soul of All America (December 1777 – May 1780)

Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
Adam ArkinJames Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
Josh BrolinGeorge Washington (voice)
Josh CharlesJoseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
Hugh DancyHugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
Claire DanesAbigail Adams (voice)
Alden EhrenreichJoseph Plumb Martin (voice)
Craig FergusonJohn Murray / John Jones / John Purrier / Martin Hunter / William Harcourt (voice)
Paul GiamattiJohn Adams (voice)
Tom Hanks(voice)
Maya HawkeBetsy Ambler (voice)
Joe KeeryJohn Greenwood (voice)
Joel KinnamanSamuel Seabury / Nils Collin / Thomas Hutchinson (voice)
Damian LewisKing George III / Nicholas Cresswell / John Andre / Bartholomew James (voice)
Tobias MenziesEdmund Burke / Ambrose Serle / Cornwallis / William Pitt (voice)
Jon ProudstarCanassatego / Chainbreaker / Old Smoke / Shawnee Delegate (voice)
Matthew RhysThomas Paine (voice)
Liev SchreiberSamuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)
Chaske SpencerTsiyu Gansini / Shingas (voice)
Kenneth Branagh(voice)