Washington, D.C. in 1861. The Civil War is at the doorstep and the city is bracing for disaster. America is a country torn in two. An untested President Lincoln strives to make the nation's capital the political center of the Union, but finds he is surrounded by Southern sympathies and under constant threat of attack. See how this once sleepy small town grew into the metropolis we know today. A city cast in marble, a symbol of American liberty and a memorial to those who fought tooth and nail to preserve it.
Production
Reenactments that don't feel like bad cosplay.
Writing
Narration that respects your intelligence.
Director
Molly Hermann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fritz Klein has portrayed Lincoln for over 35 years, making him arguably the most experienced Lincoln since... Lincoln.
The film barely mentions that D.C.'s enslaved population was actively self-emancipating throughout this period—a gap that modern historians have loudly critiqued.
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