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Original Release
01/12/2003 on PBS
US Release
01/12/2003
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Katie Couric | Self - Host |
| Eric Foner | Commentary |
| Ving Rhames | W.E.B. DuBois |
| Kevin Kline | Thomas Jefferson |
| Morgan Freeman | Frederick Douglass |
| Matthew Broderick | Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Tom Hanks | Abraham Lincoln |
| Anthony Hopkins | George Washington |
| Anthony Hopkins | John Winthrop |
| Anthony Hopkins | Robert Walsh |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independence | |
| 2 | Revolution | |
| 3 | Liberty for All | |
| 4 | Wake Up America | |
| 5 | A Fatal Contradiction | |
| 6 | A War to End Slavery | |
| 7 | What Is Freedom? | |
| 8 | Whose Land Is This? | |
| 9 | Working for Freedom | |
| 10 | Yearning to Breathe Free | |
| 11 | Safe for Democracy | |
| 12 | Depression and War | |
| 13 | Democracy and Struggles | |
| 14 | Let Freedom Ring | |
| 15 | Marching to Freedom Land | |
| 16 | Becoming Free |
Directors
Peter W. Kunhardt, Philip Kunhardt III, Nancy Steiner
Writers
Peter W. Kunhardt, Philip Kunhardt III, Joy Hakim, Nancy Steiner
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Katie Couric | Self - Host |
| Eric Foner | Commentary |
| Ving Rhames | W.E.B. DuBois |
| Kevin Kline | Thomas Jefferson |
| Morgan Freeman | Frederick Douglass |
| Matthew Broderick | Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Tom Hanks | Abraham Lincoln |
| Anthony Hopkins | George Washington |
| Anthony Hopkins | John Winthrop |
| Anthony Hopkins | Robert Walsh |
| Anthony Hopkins | William Radcliffe |
| Bobby Kennedy | Chief Joseph |
| Al Roker | Christian redorder editor |
| Al Roker | Henry McNeal Turner |
| Kevin Spacey | Gouvenor Morris |
| Kevin Spacey | Herbert Hoover |
| Kevin Spacey | Herman Melville |
| Kevin Spacey | Ira Stewart |
| Kevin Spacey | Sidney Andrews |
| Kevin Spacey | The Rev. Cotton Mather |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Peter W. Kunhardt | Executive Producer |
| Sandra Sheppard | Executive Producer |
| Christopher Reeve | Producer |
| Mary Hope Garcia | Producer |
| Philip Kunhardt III | Producer |
| Joan Caron | Producer |
| Jill Cowan | Producer |
| Mendy Johnson | Producer |
| Jill Peters | Producer |
| Dyllan McGee | Producer |
| Nancy Steiner | Producer |
| Brian Brunius | Producer |
| Karen Sim | Producer |
| Peter Tierney | Producer |
| Lincoln Farr | Producer |
Editors
Jane Rizzo, Karen Sim, Michael Weingrad, Emily Williams, Chad Goslee
