Revolutionary America: In Theatres This Weekend
The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast
Hillsdale College
4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
A special message from Jeremiah Regan.
Get your tickets here: hillsdale.edu/film
Revolutionary America tells the story of the American Founding, the greatest political achievement in history. The American colonists had developed a unique way of life as they practiced self-government for 150 years. In the struggles between the colonies and the mother country that followed the French and Indian War, Britain declared that Americans had no right to rule themselves. This went against everything the Americans knew. In response, our ancestors risked their “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” to fight the War for Independence. Against all odds, they won, and in victory formed a stable, lasting republic.
This documentary, produced by Hillsdale Studios, narrated by Tom Selleck, and featuring interviews with prominent scholars and commentators, will help you see the Revolution through the eyes of the Americans who lived through it. With expert commentary, historical documents, compelling cinematography, and beautiful music, experience the Revolution like never before!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello to our friends and listeners of the Hillsdale College Online Courses podcast. |
| 0:14.1 | This is Jeremiah Regan, and I'm coming to you to bring a special announcement about a limited theatrical engagement for our documentary, |
| 0:22.4 | Revolutionary America. It plays this weekend only, May 31st through June 2nd. |
| 0:27.8 | In a theater near you, go to Hillsdale.edu slash film to find showtimes and buy tickets in advance. |
| 0:34.1 | We're gearing up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our country's birth, |
| 0:38.4 | and we did it by telling the story of the American Revolution. Now, telling the story of the |
| 0:43.0 | founding is not new for Hillsdale College. We've been doing it for 180 years, first and always |
| 0:48.5 | primarily, in college classrooms. But Hillsdale has found a variety of ways to tell Americans |
| 0:53.7 | the truth about |
| 0:54.8 | their country and encourage them to emulate the bravery, prudence, and intelligence of our founders. |
| 1:01.9 | We do that through our speech journal and primus, through national leadership seminars, and |
| 1:05.9 | centers for constructive alternatives. We do it through our K-12 program, and through radio, podcast, social |
| 1:12.8 | media, and of course, through the online courses. Now we're doing it through movie theaters. |
| 1:18.7 | We're trying to reach a new audience of Americans to continue serving you, our faithful students, |
| 1:24.3 | but of course to welcome in new friends. And because the biggest stories, |
| 1:30.0 | such as the founding of our country, deserve big screens and big sounds. So we've made this |
| 1:35.3 | movie in a way that in telling the truth provides an exciting experience. It looks beautiful |
| 1:40.8 | up on the screen and their sound design and the music are worth hearing in the movie theater. |
| 1:47.9 | Revolutionary America tells the true story of how American colonists, who were faithful Englishmen, |
| 1:53.8 | began to recognize that they could not enjoy their God-given rights under the rule of the British monarch |
| 1:59.9 | and sought for years to have their rights |
| 2:03.2 | restored but ultimately discovered that the only way they could live the way they believed |
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