Abraham and Mary Lincoln [videodisc] : a house divided / a David Grubin Productions, Inc. film for American Experience in association with PBS ; produced and directed by David Grubin ; written by David Grubin and Geoffrey C. Ward.
Format:
[videodisc] :
Publisher:
Distributed by PBS Distribution,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Special features: Interviews with producer David Grubin and cinematographer James Callanan. Narrator, David McCullough ; voice of Abraham Lincoln, David Morse ; voice of Mary Lincoln, Holly Hunter. Originally broadcast by PBS in three parts, Feb. 19-21, 2001.
Contents:
Ambition -- We are elected -- Shattered -- The dearest of all things -- This frightful war -- Blind with weeping.
Summary:
The miniseries weaves together the troubled lives of a dirt-farmer's son and a wealthy Southern slave-owner's daughter. Together, Abraham and Mary Lincoln ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation's history, the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln's legacy as the Great Emancipator reshaped the nation while his tragic death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.