Historian Simon Schama offers his insights into the 2008 US Presidential election.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Simon Schama looks to the American past to explain the American present and future the hopes and agonies of a great national crisis in the tumultuous year of a Presidential electionIn 2008 the people of the United States beset by troubles but firm in their faith in an American future plunged into an intense examination of how they had arrived at this critical crossroads in their history; how their prosperity has run aground; and their pride of place in the world ended up questioned by so many around the globe Historian Simon Schama who has spent half his life in the United States takes us on a journey through time and place to discover deep America; an America which in four critical issues - war immigration moral fervour and the difficult gap between expectations of plenty and the reality of limited resources -has arrived at a moment of truth The drama of that moment powers four compelling films and brings to the screen an extraordinary company of Americans past and present famous and unknown the likes of Thomas Jefferson Mark Twain Theodore Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson alongside contemporary soldiers pastors and farmers Through Schama’s storytelling and breathtaking visuals it&39;s possible for once to feel yourself not just on the surface of the American surface but deep inside its core Watch these films and you can taste the real America captured unforgettably at one of the great moments in its national destiny
As the United States prepares for the 2008 election, historian Simon Schama presents a personal view of how America arrived at where it is today, and the challenges it faces for the future. With the US facing an economic crisis of seismic proportions, and optimism at an all-time low, Schama traces the history of the crisis, and examines the historical issues of race, power, religion, and commerce that have come to define the American way of life thus far. Using key moments in American history in order to understand the present, the series offers a unique vision of the United States, then and now, as it faces arguably its sternest test.
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