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Washington (2020)

7.21h 25mDocumentary

The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”

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A high-signal pick with 19 votes.

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Director: Roel Reiné

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Cast & crew

Nicholas Rowe as George Washington

Nicholas Rowe

George Washington

Jeff Daniels as Self - Narrator

Jeff Daniels

Self - Narrator

Hainsley Lloyd Bennett as William Lee

Hainsley Lloyd Bennett

William Lee

Nia Roberts as Martha Washington

Nia Roberts

Martha Washington

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Joanne Freeman

Self - Yale University

A

Alan Taylor

Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian

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Joseph Ellis

Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian

A

Alexis Coe

Self - George Washington Biographer

E

Ed Lengel

Self - George Washington Biographer

D

Douglas Bradburn

Self - President & CEO, Mount Vernon

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Nathaniel Philbrick

Self - National Book Award-Winning Author

Colin Powell as Self

Colin Powell

Self

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