Film: "Hamilton's America"
Take a behind-the-scenes look at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical in this riveting documentary. Discussion follows Yale Prof. Joanne Freeman, renowned Hamilton scholar.
The story of Alexander Hamilton’s political genius has largely been forgotten…until now. This behind-the-scenes look at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking Broadway hit reminds us how timeless its hot-button issues are: immigration, states’ rights and race relations. Three years in the making, this documentary provides unparalleled access to Miranda’s creative process, the New York production with its original cast and interviews with big fans (President Obama, Jimmy Fallon) and more! D: Alex Horwitz, US, 2016, 90m
Discussion follows with the nation's foremost Hamilton scholar, Joanne B. Freeman, Professor of History at Yale University, who specializes in the politics and political culture of the revolutionary and early national periods of American History. Her edited volume Alexander Hamilton: Writings, was one of the Atlantic Monthly’s “best books” of 2001. READ MORE: http://history.yale.edu/
