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The address : a film by Ken Burns / a Florentine Films production ; written, produced & directed by Ken Burns ; producer, Christopher Darling ; produced in association with WETA Washington, DC.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: ADRE601 | PBSLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Distributor: Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2014]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781608830831
  • 1608830837
Uniform titles:
  • Address (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • VID 371.9 Address
LOC classification:
  • LC4704.5 .A33 2014
Production credits:
  • Editor, Craig Mellish ; cinematography, Lindsay Taylor Jackson, David Burton Lovejoy ; producer for WETA, Jim Corbley.
Narrated by Ethan, Geo, John, Kevin, Ned, Pasha, Thomas.Summary: "At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages 11 to 17 are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would be a daunting assignment for any student, but the boys at Greenwood all suffer from learning differences that have made their personal, academic and social progress extremely challenging. As the students come to terms with the address's simple message of freedom, equality and democracy, they are seen to grow in self-confidence as they confront past failures and humiliations, ultimately opening the door to what Lincoln himself described as 'a new birth of freedom'. Interweaving the history of this most famous of American speeches with the contemporary journey of the boys at Greenwood, the film reveals the timeless resonance of Lincoln's words, while culminating in the triumph of the human spirit."--Container.
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Originally broadcast in April 2014.

Editor, Craig Mellish ; cinematography, Lindsay Taylor Jackson, David Burton Lovejoy ; producer for WETA, Jim Corbley.

Narrated by Ethan, Geo, John, Kevin, Ned, Pasha, Thomas.

"At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages 11 to 17 are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would be a daunting assignment for any student, but the boys at Greenwood all suffer from learning differences that have made their personal, academic and social progress extremely challenging. As the students come to terms with the address's simple message of freedom, equality and democracy, they are seen to grow in self-confidence as they confront past failures and humiliations, ultimately opening the door to what Lincoln himself described as 'a new birth of freedom'. Interweaving the history of this most famous of American speeches with the contemporary journey of the boys at Greenwood, the film reveals the timeless resonance of Lincoln's words, while culminating in the triumph of the human spirit."--Container.

Rating: TVG.

DVD, region 1, widescreen.

For private home use only.

In English or Spanish ; with optional English or Spanish SDH subtitles ; optional English descriptive video information.

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