The Congress

The Congress (1989)


  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 1989-03-19
  • User Rating: 9/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Florentine Films
  • Production Country: Canada, United States of America
  • Director: Ken Burns
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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.

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  • 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)
Directing Ken Burns Director
Editing Sally Menke Editor
Writing David McCullough Writer
Writing Bernard Weisberger Writer

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