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The Address

Official Trailer

Season 1 | 2m 00s

THE ADDRESS is a 90-minute, feature length documentary on this extraordinary school and its efforts to memorize and memorialize the Gettysburg Address. The film interweaves this contemporary story with the history, context and importance of the Address. In the end, memorizing the Address is the seemingly simple exercise from which the students learn, grow and aspire.

Funding for THE ADDRESS is provided by Bank of America; Public Broadcasting Service; Corporation for Public Broadcasting and members of The Better Angels Society, including Robert & Beverly Grappone.
Extras
Watch • 2:40
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Ken Burns on The Address
Ken Burns talks about The Address.
Preview: S1 | 2:40
Watch • 1:26:50
The Address
The Address
The story of a tiny school where students memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address.
Episode: S1 E1 | 1:26:50
Watch • 1:15
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Ken's Best Christmas Present
Ken Burns remembers the best Christmas present he ever received.
Preview: S1 | 1:15
Watch • 5:52
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Joan Ganz Cooney, Elmo and Murray and The Gettysburg Address
Joan Ganz Cooney discusses The Gettysburg Address with Elmo and Murray from Sesame Street.
Preview: S1 | 5:52
Watch • 2:37
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Thomas and Cooper
Thomas and Cooper work on memorizing The Gettysburg Address.
Clip: S1 | 2:37
Watch • 2:24
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Geo and Kevin
Geo and Kevin learn the Gettysburg Address.
Clip: S1 | 2:24
Watch • 1:17
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The Greenwood School Students
A quick look at the students of Greenwood School.
Clip: S1 | 1:17
Watch • 4:56
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Civil War Overview
A short history of the Civil War and the Gettysburg Address.
Clip: S1 | 4:56
Watch • 4:19
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The Gala
The boys from Greenwood School recite The Gettysburg Address.
Clip: S1 | 4:19
Watch • 1:53
The Address
Ned
Ned explains what reciting The Address means to him.
Clip: S1 | 1:53
Watch • 1:26:50
The Address
The Address
The story of a tiny school where students memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address.
Episode: S1 E1 | 1:26:50