Country of origin United States Running time 84 minutes First episode date 15 April 2014 Written by Ken Burns | Narrated by Students Producer(s) Christopher Darling Distributor PBS Director Ken Burns Production company Florentine Films | |
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The Address is a 2014 documentary film for television directed and written by Ken Burns. The documentary was released on 15 April 2014.
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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."