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Washington

2020 · 1 season

A stately, earnest historical reenactment that feels like a classroom epic, mixing talking heads with dramatized battles.

Created by
Matthew Ginsburg
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Nicholas Rowe, Jeff Daniels, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett
Overview
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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Created by
Matthew Ginsburg
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Nicholas Rowe, Jeff Daniels, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • ambition
  • war
  • freedom
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • military
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Matthew Ginsburg
Written by
Jonathan Halperin, Hunter Dunn, Ben Kaplan, Randy Counsman
Starring
Nicholas Rowe, Jeff Daniels, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett, Nia Roberts, Joanne Freeman, Alan Taylor, Joseph Ellis, Alexis Coe
Cinematography
Roel Reiné, Rolf Dekens
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 85 min each
Network
History
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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