Films & Movies

Ken Burns’ two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin is the first in View's documentary series celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of America. This exquisite film explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.

Thomas Jefferson is the second installment of View's documentary series celebrating the 250th anniversary of America's birth.  It is a two-part, three-hour portrait of one of the most fascinating and complicated figures ever to walk across America’s public stage – our enigmatic and brilliant third president. Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of our most sacred document, the Declaration of Independence, he gave voice to our fervent desire for freedom, but he also owned more than 150 human beings and never saw fit to free them.