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The Congress

9.0 89 mins Documentary   History   1989
Florentine Films  
Director(s): Ken Burns

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.

Casts of The Congress

David McCullough

as Self - Writer / Narrator

Cokie Roberts

as Self - Journalist

Alistair Cooke

as Self - Journalist

Arthur Miller

as Self

Charles McDowell

as Self - Newspaperman

Barbara Fields

as Self - Historian

John C. Stennis

as Self - Former Senator

David Broder

as Self - Reporter

George Tames

as Self - Photographer

James MacGregor Burns

as Self - Historian

Jerome Dempsey

as (voice)

Shelby Foote

as (voice)

Ronnie Gilbert

as (voice)

Julie Harris

as (voice)

Derek Jacobi

as (voice)

Garrison Keillor

as (voice)

Walt MacPherson

as (voice)

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