Thomas Jefferson (1997)
- Directed by
- Ken Burns
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 3h
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Ken Burns documentary covers the life of Thomas Jefferson, the third US president. It shows him as a writer, inventor, and architect in addition to his public role.
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What happens
Thomas Jefferson is a 1997, two-part American documentary film directed and produced by Ken Burns. It covers the life and times of Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States. In the film, Jefferson is portrayed as a renaissance man. Not only was he a dedicated public servant but was also a writer, an inventor and a noted architect. Burns captures both the public and private lives of Jefferson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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