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An empire of reason

Recreates the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news. Highlights the New York convention in July, 1788.

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  • "Ratification of the U.S. Constitution"

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  • "Recreates the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news. Highlights the New York convention in July, 1788."@en
  • "Recreates the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news. Highlights the New York convention in July, 1788."
  • "Docudrama recreating the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news. Highlights the New York convention in July, 1788."@en
  • "Docudrama recreating the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news. Highlights the New York convention in July, 1788."
  • "Program recreates the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news and public affairs programs. The year is 1787. Delegates have returned to their homes from where the Constitution of the United States has been drafted and signed but now must be ratified by each of the thirteen states. A television announcer informs us that we are tuned to the voice of freeAmerica, the Continental Television Network. Walter Cronkite welcomes viewers to CTN's coverage of Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts. John Chancellor provides commentary. Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports on late-breaking developments. Al Roker gives the weather forecast for the thirteen states."
  • "All of the idea and arguments in this program come from historical records of the ratification debates, 1787-1788."
  • "Docudrama recreating the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news, highlighting the New York convention in July, 1788. "The premise of the show is simple. What if television had existed in 1788? How would it have covered New York State's debate about whether or not to ratify the U.S. Constitution? With historical figures wearing modern dress and using familiar language, the film allows today's audience to understand firsthand the forces that shaped this country two hundred years ago. The argument, characters, passions and debating points are historically accurate, but the language and the medium of the debate is modern in form. Present day newscasters and commentators play themselves, reporting on the events of the 1780s as though they were occurring now. Each segment of the program is in a format familiar to today's audience -- Walter Cronkite anchoring the nightly news, Al Roker giving the weather report, Forrest Sawyer reporting from the field, William F. Buckley querying his guests, plus a smattering of commercials, etc."--Website"
  • "Recreates the ratification debates on the U.S. Constitution as if they were being covered by today's television news. Highlights the New York Convention in July, 1788."
  • "Uses modern news and public affairs formats and some television news personalities and political figures (including N.Y. and N.J. governors Mario Cuomo and Tom Kean and N.Y. Mayor Edward L. Koch) to present the issues in the debates over ratification of the Constitution of the United States."@en

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  • "Feature films"
  • "Historical films"@en

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  • "An empire of reason The ratification of the U.S. Constitution by New York State"
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  • "Empire of reason"
  • "An Empire of reason (Programa televisiu)"

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