The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

Production Note - Limited Series

The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen is a standalone Miniseries that concluded its 4-episode run in March 2018. This high-budget production serves as a definitive prequel to the original The Men Who Built America, tracing the seventy-five years following the American Revolution. Executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, the series utilizes cinematic reenactments and expert commentary to chronicle the expansion into the American wilderness. By focusing on iconic figures like Daniel Boone and Lewis and Clark, the narrative achieves historical finality, mapping the geographical and political birth of a nation. Its prestige format and comprehensive scope earned critical acclaim, solidifying its status as the definitive historical record of the rugged pioneers who shaped the early United States.