Ken Burns on why the American Revolution is 'the most important event in history after the birth of Christ'

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and the 1861 war between the Union and Confederacy.

“Every era thinks they’re Chicken Little, the sky is falling,” Burns said in an interview while stopping by The Post office to meet with the team and discuss his new six-part, 12-hour-long documentary, “The American Revolution,” premiering on PBS Nov. 16.

“Ecclesiastes says there’s nothing new under the sun. I’m proposing that for a brief, shining moment there’s something new under the sun, which is the creation of the United States of America. But that doesn’t mean human nature isn’t going to impose itself,” the 72-year-old iconic filmmaker