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LOOKING FOR LINCOLN
WNET, 2009
Harvard
professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels the country in search of the
"real" Abraham Lincoln in this ground breaking two hour
television special. The film shows how the Lincoln legend
grew out of controversy, greed, love, clashing political perspectives,
power struggles, and considerable disagreement over how our 16th
president should be remembered. Gates' quest to piece together
Lincoln’s complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg
to Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles and beyond and face-to-face with
people who live with Lincoln every day – relic hunters,
re-enactors, and other surprising guests for whom the study
of Lincoln is a passion.
Among those weighing in: Pulitzer Prize winners Doris Kearns Goodwin and Tony Kushner; presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush; and Lincoln scholars including Harold Holzer, vice chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; Harvard University's president Drew Faust and history professor David Hebert Donald; Yale University history professor David Blight; and Allen Guelzo of Gettysburg College. Former Ebony magazine editor Lerone Bennett challenges Lincoln's record on race; writer Joshua Shenk talks about Lincoln's depression; and New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik illuminates how Lincoln's words changed the course of history.
Produced and Directed by: John Maggio and Muriel Soenens
Senior Producer: Barak Goodman
Edited by: R.A. Fedde
Associate Producers: Konstantinos Kambouroglou and Ben Robbins
Camera: Stephen McCarthy
Original Music: Joel Goodman
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