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The War of 1812 (2011)
Directed by Lawrence Hott, Diane Garey
“A small but bitter war - that forged the destiny of a continent.”
Documentary, History, War · 1h 54m
The War 1812 is a two-hour film history of a deeply significant event in North American and world history. The war shaped American, Canadian and British destiny in the most literal way possible: had one or two battles or decisions gone a different way, a map of the United States today would look entirely (and shockingly) different. The fires of this war forged the nation of Canada; at the same time, the result tolled the end of Native American dreams of a separate nation. By war's end, the process of Native nation removal had already begun in the southeast, paving the way for a Cotton Kingdom powered by slavery, and a United States that had been on the verge of collapse was ready to announce its arrival as a global power. The U.S. did not win the War of 1812, but the noble experiment of democracy had managed to survive intense pressure from without, and within.
Cast
Joe Mantegna
Crew
- Director
- Lawrence Hott, Diane Garey
- Writer
- Ken Chowder
- Original Music Composer
- Judy Hyman
Details
- Release date
- 2011-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Florentine Films, BTPM PBS