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tells the story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”
Believing his public duty complete, he heads into retirement ready to be a farmer. But with the young country on the verge of collapse, he is once again called to lead, creating the most powerful and successful democracy in history. You may think you know George Washington, but there’s more to our preeminent founding father than you’ve been told.
chips away the marble to reveal the man at the heart of our nation’s story. You’ll never look at George Washington, or the founding of our country, the same way again.
Original Release
02/16/2020 on HIST
US Release
02/16/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeff Daniels | Self - Narrator |
Joanne Freeman | Self - Yale University |
Alan Taylor | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian |
Joseph Ellis | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian |
Ed Lengel | Self - George Washington Biographer |
Alexis Coe | Self - George Washington Biographer |
Douglas Bradburn | Self - President & CEO, Mount Vernon |
Nathaniel Philbrick | Self - National Book Award-Winning Author |
Colin Powell | Self |
Annette Gordon-Reed | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Loyal Subject | Sunday, 16 February 2020 |
2 | Rebel Commander | Monday, 17 February 2020 |
3 | Father of His Country | Tuesday, 18 February 2020 |
Directors
Writers
Hunter Dunn, Mark Mannucci, Randy Counsman, Kristen Burns, Mike Goudreau, Jeremiah Murphy, Jonathan Halperin, Matthew Ginsburg, Ben Kaplan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeff Daniels | Self - Narrator |
Joanne Freeman | Self - Yale University |
Alan Taylor | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian |
Joseph Ellis | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian |
Ed Lengel | Self - George Washington Biographer |
Alexis Coe | Self - George Washington Biographer |
Douglas Bradburn | Self - President & CEO, Mount Vernon |
Nathaniel Philbrick | Self - National Book Award-Winning Author |
Colin Powell | Self |
Annette Gordon-Reed | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian |
H.W. Brands | Self - University of Texas at Austin |
Bill Clinton | Self |
Jon Meacham | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian / Self |
Nicholas Rowe | George Washington |
Nia Roberts | Martha Washington |
Hainsley Lloyd Bennett | William Lee |
John Avlon | Self - Author, 'Washington's Farewell' |
Lindsay M. Chervinsky | Self - White House Historian |
Kevin J. Weddle | Self - Retired U.S. Army Colonel, U.S. Army War College |
Erica Armstrong Dunbar | Self - Rutgers University |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Beth Laski | Executive Producer |
Richard Lopez | Executive Producer |
Tim Healy | Executive Producer |
Kristen Burns | Executive Producer |
Jennifer Wagman | Executive Producer |
Eli Lehrer | Executive Producer |
Roel Reine | Executive Producer |
Matthew Ginsburg | Executive Producer |
Doris Kearns Goodwin | Executive Producer |
Mary Donahue | Executive Producer |
Matthew Donovan | Producer |
Laurie Costarides | Producer |
Alexis Coe | Producer |
Alex Molea | Producer |
Kathleen Williams | Producer |
Salamo Levin | Producer |
Beejal Lakhavani | Producer |
Courtenay Singer | Producer |
Petra Hoebel | Producer |
Michelle Mahoney | Producer |
Mike Goudreau | Producer |