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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

S1 · E1

IMDB:

8.0
Thomas Jefferson

Released

2/18/1997

Duration

1h 25m

Genre

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Cast

Sam Waterston, Blythe Danner, Gwyneth Paltrow

Overview

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.

Episodes

Part 1EP 1Available

Part 1

87m0.0

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.

Part 2EP 2Available

Part 2

85m0.0

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

Sam Waterston

Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Sam Waterston

Blythe Danner

Martha Jefferson

Blythe Danner

Gwyneth Paltrow

Jefferson's grandaughter (voice)

Gwyneth Paltrow

Ossie Davis

Narrator (voice)

Ossie Davis

Michael Potts

Isaac

Michael Potts

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