Ken Burns’ newest PBS documentary on the American Revolution highlights enslaved people, Native Americans, women, loyalists, Muslims and numerous forgotten figures. But two men — whose contributions were essential to victory — never appear at all. Guess their ethnicity…
Filippo Mazzei and Francis Vigo, two Italian founders whose influence and sacrifice run deeper than many of the figures the film spends time on are never seen, heard, or discussed in The American Revolution, a new documentary by Ken Burns now shown on PBS.
