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Ken Burns’s documentaries are always well build together and very racy. This one on Jefferson is no exception. The pictures, personal accounts, and music are what produce his films so mammoth. In this documentary, Burns takes a explore at the life of one of the founding fathers of our nation.
As I said, I really enjoyed the style of this documentary, but there are problems as well. Unlike his apt film on the Civil War, Burns seems here to ignore some basic historical facts. It’s almost as if he tries to situation up Jefferson as THE founding father instead of A founding father. Credit to Jefferson for drafting the Declaration of Independence is well-deserved, but giving him chubby credit for the treaty in France (which Franklin, Adams, and Arthur Lee had distinguished more to do with than he did) is stretching it a lot.
When speaking of Jefferson’s years in France, the film is calm as to the tremendous friendship between he and John Adams. Indeed, Adams is portrayed as the enormous antagonist, and Burns here calls him a friend and stop ally of Alexander Hamilton (also not honest) . Later, when Adams and Jefferson commence their notorious correspondence slack in life, you can barely understand why the two men are writing to each other (since it makes only passing mention of their previous cessation friendship) .
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Ken Burns has given us another estimable documentary here, but it would have been better, in my notion, to do this one a small longer to be able to provide a more good portrait of Jefferson’s life. Instead, many basic historical facts have been ignored, and we are left with a portray of Jefferson that, despite making him seem a large hero of the revolution (which he was), is not moral.
Six years ago this three hour biography of America’s third president was telecasted for the first time on PBS. It should be retelecasted annually on July 4th as share of the annual celebration of the nation’s independence.
Gore Vidal and George Will, at the opposite ends of the political spectrum, are among the historians and commentators that appear, assume and illuminate on the life and ideas of the most contradictory of America’s founders.
Like most, if not all, of Ken Burns’ productions, “Thomas Jefferson,” the program’s script/narration is its most distinctive and memorable feature.
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I only wish a text of program’s script accompanied the DVD.
The appearance and commentary by Dismal historian John Hope Franklin provides appropriate balance to the program that tends to applaud Jefferson the man, his achievements and contributions.
The fact that Jefferson didn’t free his slaves, and/or regularly had sexual intercourse with one of his slaves seem to me easily understood, considering his life and times. I’m not the least bit disturbed, and my admiration of Jefferson is not diminished by these facts and/or speculations.
Every American should regularly be introduced to this giant of the American Experience.
“Thomas Jefferson: A Film By Ken Burns” should be every collection of quality DVD documentaries, and shown and studied in all American History classes.
I hope that PBS continues to release all of Ken Burns’ productions on DVD.
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