Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
This 2-hour film confronts the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson whose words and notions of democracy inspired a nation to freedom, but at the same time he refused to free his own slaves. It is the story of one of the most enlightened men our nation has ever known and inner struggles he faced as a Virginia planter.
“Doblmeier manages to treat the many sides of Jefferson with intelligence and depth” — The Washington Post
This 2-hour film confronts the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson whose words and notions of democracy inspired a nation to freedom, but at the same time he refused to free his own slaves. It is the story of one of the most enlightened men our nation has ever known and inner struggles he faced as a Virginia planter.
“Doblmeier manages to treat the many sides of Jefferson with intelligence and depth” — The Washington Post
This 2-hour film confronts the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson whose words and notions of democracy inspired a nation to freedom, but at the same time he refused to free his own slaves. It is the story of one of the most enlightened men our nation has ever known and inner struggles he faced as a Virginia planter.
“Doblmeier manages to treat the many sides of Jefferson with intelligence and depth” — The Washington Post