The Address (film) explained

Director:Ken Burns
Narrated:Edward "Ned" Shaw, George "Geo" Gould, and others
Country:United States
Producer:Ken Burns
Christopher Darling
Editor:Craig Mellish
Cinematography:Lindsay Taylor Jackson
David Burton Lovejoy
Runtime:84 minutes
Company:Florentine Films

The Address is a 2014 documentary film for television written, co-produced and directed by Ken Burns. The documentary was released on April 15, 2014.

Synopsis

The Address follows a group of students from The Greenwood School, a boarding school in Putney, Vermont for boys in Grades 6-12 with special needs, such as dyslexia and ADHD as they prepare to recite the Gettysburg Address.

The documentary follows the students in their day-to-day lives at the boarding school, as they each prepare for the recital. The boys receive a special coin upon successfully reciting the speech. Burns used various students from the school to narrate historical background throughout the film.

Reviews

Brian Lowry of Variety said, "[I]t surely must have felt like something of a respite to play small ball for a while with "The Address," profiling a school for teenage boys with learning disabilities in Vermont, and the children for whom memorizing and reciting the Gettysburg Address is a rite of passage. Despite its relative lack of heft, the project is reasonably effective in providing a window into these kids' worlds, however narrow the aperture might be."[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: TV Review: Ken Burns' 'The Address'. Variety. March 15, 2015. Lowry, Brian.