Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

Name: Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Martin Doblmeier, Edward Herrmann, Danny Glover, Robert Prosky, Sissy Spacek

A documentary about race, slavery and the new nation

57m1 Season

Documentary

EnglishEnded

1 · Part 1

2 · Part 2

Crew and Cast

Martin DoblmeierHost

Edward HerrmannThomas Jefferson (voice)

Danny GloverIsaac Jefferson (voice)

Robert ProskyEdmund Bacon (voice)

Sissy SpacekMartha Jefferson Randolph (voice)

Jewell RobinsonHannah (voice)

Michael P. SullivanJames T. Callender (voice)

Cindy GearyMartha Jefferson (voice)

Storyline

One of America's most complex and enduring figures, Thomas Jefferson struggled personally and publicly with an issue that would come to define our nation. Examining the possible relationship between Jefferson and Monticello slave Sally Hemings, the program includes comments from such noted historians as Pulitzer Prize-winner Gordon Wood, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, noted Jefferson biographer Merrill Peterson, and others. Featuring the voices of Edward Herrmann, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, and Robert Prosky.