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The Congress

1989

Documentary / History

The Congress

1989

Documentary / History

Available in: 720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
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7.2/10 · 428

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WEB: same quality as BluRay

biography u.s. congress usa politics

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Plot summary

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful and often touching portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of Congress and, in turn, our country.

Director

Ken Burns

Top cast

Christopher Murney as (voice)

David McCullough as Self - Writer / Narrator

Arthur Miller as (voice)

Julie Harris as (voice)

Tech specs

720p.WEB 1080p.WEB

821.67 MB

960*720

English 2.0

TV-G

23.976 fps

1 hr 29 min

Seeds 2

1.49 GB

1432*1074

English 2.0

TV-G

23.976 fps

1 hr 29 min

Seeds 6

Comments 2

monroville 801 days ago

Ken Burns always had good stuff, but 90 minutes? That seems a bit short for discussing an institution that's been around for 200+ years. But I guess 90 minutes is better than 200 years, am I right?

jjohn69 801 days ago

Now it will be the downfall of the USA if the democrats stay in the White House

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8 / 10

Not Nearly Long Enough But a Good Synopsis

gpeevers

Provides a good if limited insight into both the building and the institutions with in it - but at 90 minutes it isn't nearly long enough.This evolving…

7 / 10

Good, but the topic is WAY too broad for the time allotted to this film.

planktonrules

I have a lot more criticism of this film than most viewers would--simply because of my background as a history and government teacher. So, I noticed things…

I have a lot more criticism of this film than most viewers would--simply because of my background as a history and government teacher. So, I noticed things others probably wouldn't--just like a baseball fan would notice problems in a documentary about baseball that non-fans would not notice. So, when you read all my comments, keep this in mind. This film by Ken Burns attempts what seems impossible--to encapsulate the history of Congress in only 91 minutes!! This SHOULD have been something for a mini-series but Burns did a dandy job of shoving in an explanation of it as well as the highlights over the last 200+ years--albeit it was a HURRIED film. It covers such major topics as slavery and sectionalism, the power of big business on Congress in the 1800s (and this sure hasn't changed), the 17th Amendment, Progressive politics, the Nixon trial and the Capitol building itself. But, it also misses many important topics--a couple of which are inexplicably absent. How could the film never explain exactly HOW Congress works--the process, the differences between the House and Senate, overriding vetoes and the like? And, most confusing, how could the film mention the Nixon trials in 1974 without also talking about the impeachment of Andrew Johnson a hundred years earlier? So, when it comes to completely encapsulating what is Congress, it is a failure. Now this does NOT mean it's a bad film--it's just a very incomplete film--mostly because there just wasn't enough time for such a big undertaking. Oddly, Burns DID make some exceptionally long documentaries (such as on the Civil War, WWII and baseball)--but this just isn't the case here. One important thing about the film--it IS interesting. The interviews are generally very good and the use of old film and photos exceptional--like you'd find in any Burns documentary. Well made. By the way, as I said above, having taught American history as well as government, I noticed that a common mistake was repeated in the film. According to the film, the Constitution "guaranteed the separation of Church and State". Actually, this isn't in the Constitution at all (though popular opinion is that it is) but comes from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson well after the Constitution was adopted. The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion AND guarantees that there will be no national religion (such as England and the Church of England). The phrase 'separation of church and state' as well as the concepts just aren't there but were later assumed to be. This isn't my opinion--this just is what the document actually says.

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