Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2014]

[New York] : [Films Media Group], [2014]

Originally broadcast in April 2014.

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

Directed by Ken Burns.

In English or Spanish; with optional English or Spanish SDH subtitles.

Optional closed captions.

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.

Ken Burns tells the story of a tiny school in Putney, Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of Greenwood, whose students, boys ages 11-17, all face a range of complex learning differences, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln's most powerful address.

ASP-AVON OCLC KB.

Address (Television program)

Address (Television program). Spanish.

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

Directed by Ken Burns.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address > Memorizing.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address > History.

Learning disabled children > Education > Vermont.

Oral interpretation > Students > Attitudes.

Learning disabled children > Education.

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History.

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Florentine Films, production company.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.