Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

1997
★★★★☆ 8.0/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 2 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 90 min/episode
Documentary
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.

Where to Watch (US)

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PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
WETA+

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Amazon Video

Seasons

Season 1
1997 • 2 Episodes
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.

Cast

Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner
Martha Jefferson
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
Jefferson's grandaughter (voice)
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
Narrator (voice)
Michael Potts
Michael Potts
Isaac

Crew

Director
Ken Burns
Writer/Creator
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns

Network

PBS

Production

American Lives Film Project, Florentine Films, WETA

Keywords

usa presidentslaveryindependence movementbiographyminiseriesamerican revolution