The address

Resource Information

The work The address represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The address

Statement of responsibility

a Florentine Films production ; written, produced & directed by Ken Burns ; producer, Christopher Darling ; produced in association with WETA Washington, DC

Contributor

• PBS Distribution (Firm)
• Burns, Ken, 1953-
• Florentine Films
• Darling, Christopher

Film distributor

• PBS Distribution (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Burns, Ken, 1953-

Television director

• Burns, Ken, 1953-

Television producer

• Darling, Christopher
• Burns, Ken, 1953-

Subject

• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary television programs
• Learning disabled children -- Education -- Vermont
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- History
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Memorizing
• Nonfiction television programs
• Oral interpretation -- Students | Attitudes

Genre

• Nonfiction television programs
• Documentary television programs
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

"At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages 11 to 17 are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would be a daunting assignment for any student, but the boys at Greenwood all suffer from learning differences that have made their personal, academic and social progress extremely challenging. As the students come to terms with the address's simple message of freedom, equality and democracy, they are seen to grow in self-confidence as they confront past failures and humiliations, ultimately opening the door to what Lincoln himself described as 'a new birth of freedom'. Interweaving the history of this most famous of American speeches with the contemporary journey of the boys at Greenwood, the film reveals the timeless resonance of Lincoln's words, while culminating in the triumph of the human spirit."--Container

Member of

• Address (Television program)
• Address (Television program)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Editor, Craig Mellish ; cinematography, Lindsay Taylor Jackson, David Burton Lovejoy ; producer for WETA, Jim Corbley

Dewey number

371.9

Intended audience

Rating: TVG

Language note

In English or Spanish; with optional English or Spanish SDH subtitles; optional English descriptive video information

LC call number

LC4704.5

LC item number

.A33 2014

PerformerNote

Narrated by Ethan, Geo, John, Kevin, Ned, Pasha, Thomas

Runtime

90

Target audience

general

Technique

live action