A More Perfect Union (1989)

Directed by

Peter N. Johnson

Genre

docudrama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film shows the debates and compromises at the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It features the Founding Fathers as they work to create the U.S. Constitution.

educationalpatrioticdramatizedhistoricalmeasuredformalinstructionalreverent

What happens

A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation is a 1989 American feature film dramatizing the events of the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. The film was produced by Brigham Young University to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the drafting of the United States Constitution, and many professors from BYU's School of Fine Arts and Communications were involved in its production either as actors or in other capacities. After its release, the film was officially recognized by the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution as "of exceptional merit". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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