Thomas Jefferson
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Documentary
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 2
avg.Runtime | 90 min
First EP | 1997-02-18
Last EP | 1997-02-19
Overview
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The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, is recounted by master filmmaker Ken Burns in this probing documentary. Covering Jefferson's diplomatic work in France, his two presidential terms, his retirement at Monticello and more.
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American Lives Film Project
Florentine Films
WETA
Season List
season 1 || Miniseries
Relesed on | 1997-02-18
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Part 1
1997-02-18
Jefferson also made himself into a true renaissance man – a scholar, a philosopher, a diplomat, an aesthete, and an architect. As a young man, he was transformed by the fire of the Enlightenment into America’s most articulate voice for human liberty.
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Part 2
1997-02-19
Jefferson’s last years were spent founding the University of Virginia and reestablishing his friendship, after decades of estrangement, from his onetime rival John Adams. His influence on and vision for our country reverberates to this day.
CAST
charactor: Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Original: Sam Waterston
Total EP: 2
charactor: Martha Jefferson
Original: Blythe Danner
Total EP: 2
charactor: Jefferson's grandaughter (voice)
Original: Gwyneth Paltrow
Total EP: 2
charactor: Narrator (voice)
Original: Ossie Davis
Total EP: 2
charactor: Isaac
Original: Michael Potts
Total EP: 2
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