The Gettysburg Address
The long road to freedom and equality.
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.
Cast
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self
Cary Elwes
John P. Jones (voice)
Dermot Mulroney
Andrew Curtin (voice)
Keith David
Frederick Douglass (voice)
David Morse
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Ed Asner
Edward Everett (voice)
Lili Taylor
Emily Souder (voice)
Victor Garber
William Saunders (voice)
Bob Gunton
William Herndon (voice)
Neal McDonough
Charles Sumner (voice)
Michael C. Hall
Leonard Swett (voice)
David Strathairn
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Jason Alexander
Noah Brooks (voice)
George Takei
Self
Kevin Conway
Daniel Webster (voice)
Tom Brokaw
Self
Sam Elliott
Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
William Fichtner
John G. Nicolay (voice)
Gary Busey
John C. Calhoun (voice)
Maxwell Perry Cotton
Albertus McCreery (voice)
Laura Bush
Self
Matthew Broderick
Reader
Aidan Quinn
Theodore Parker (voice)
Zachary Gordon
Daniel Skelly (voice)
Lois Smith
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)