TV Show Details
Air Date:April 4th, 1995
Last Air Date:April 5th, 1995
Network:PBS
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Virginia Public Media, Journey Films
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain (1995)
PBS
Miniseries
"A documentary about race, slavery and the new nation"
Plot
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.
