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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.
Original Release
1997
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ossie Davis | Narrator |
Joseph Ellis | Self - Historian |
John Hope Franklin | Self - Historian |
Gwyneth Paltrow | |
Michael Potts | Isaac |
Gore Vidal | Self - Writer |
Sam Waterston | Thomas Jefferson |
George F. Will | Self - Writer |
Garry Wills | Self - Historian |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ossie Davis | Narrator |
Joseph Ellis | Self - Historian |
John Hope Franklin | Self - Historian |
Gwyneth Paltrow | |
Michael Potts | Isaac |
Gore Vidal | Self - Writer |
Sam Waterston | Thomas Jefferson |
George F. Will | Self - Writer |
Garry Wills | Self - Historian |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ken Burns | Producer |
Mark Hall | Producer |
Camilla Rockwell | Producer |
Sherry Smith | Producer |
Susanna Steisel | Producer |