DOCUMENTARY MOVIE
Tuesday, July 9th, 2:30 to 5:00pm
Lawrence Public Library, Room “B”

“Thomas Jefferson” (Biography, Documentary, History) PBS Mini Series, Part 1, 1997, 1hr 27min
The paradox of Thomas Jefferson, a  Renaissance Man turned Founding Father and ambassador to Revolutionary France, and a plantation owner who argued that the matter of abolition should be left to future generations.
With a cast of Ossie Davis(Narrator), Joseph Ellis(Self-Historian), John Hope Franklin(Self), and Gwyneth Paltrow(Jefferson’s wife)This two part miniseries, directed by Ken Burns and written by Geoffrey C. Ward, was first shown in 1997.
July 9, 2024 2:30 pm