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An empire of reason / New York Bar Foundation presents ; a Middlemarch Films, Inc. production ; produced and directed by Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer ; writer, Ronald H. Blumer.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)--Drama.
- United States.
- Constitutional conventions--United States--Drama.
- Constitutional conventions.
- Constitutional history--United States--Drama.
- Constitutional history.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- United States--History--Confederation, 1783-1789--Drama.
- New York (State)--Politics and government--1775-1865--Drama.
- New York (State).
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (58 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Docudrama recreating the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news. Highlights the New York convention in July, 1788.
- Participant:
- Host: Cokie Roberts ; Francois Giroday (Alexander Hamilton), Nesbitt Blaisdell (Governor George Clinton), Jamey Sheridan (Daniel Shays), Sol Wachtler (John Jay), Edward I. Koch (Mayor, New York City).
- Credits:
- Co-producer, Amy Kaufman ; director of photography, Edward Marritz ; editor, Alison Ellwood ; music, Arnold Black ; historical consultants, Richard Berstein et al.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: New York Bar Foundation/Middlemarch Films, Inc., c1998.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 1, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- if-emp Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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