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

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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