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For example in january 1865, ab maryland has abolished slavery. Bn. The confederates are talking about offering limited emancipation in order for talk service in the army. Things have changed. This was not a debate they woult have in the cabinet in the way that Tony Horowitz or steven in spielberg portrayed. Such its such a wonderful thing to see, a film addressing such a fm complicated issues, but the timing is all wrong. Timi ecti from ave dramatic perspective, frostbite an Artistic License perspective is totally understandable. They need to create drama and tension. This is act i, right . S...

Theres a scene on the day of the vote where Fernando Wood is waving papers saying i have affidavits. Thats not 19th century congress. Thats what you realize when you see a movie like lincoln. Or think about mr. Smith goes to washington, almost all of what we think we know about past politics comes from movies. And popular culture, and we absorb it so much, we think its real. Thats why its so important to try to sort it out. I dont want to be one of those scholar squirrels that gore vidal used to make fun of, but thats what i have been doing, digging around in the script and pointing out the sm...

Climactic scene on the floor of the house on the day of the vote, january 1st, 1865, they have james spader and john hay running to the white house to get the note from lincoln. None of that happened. The note, we think, is real, though we dont have the original of it. Its a recollection from james ashley, but James Spaders character, william bilbo, was in new york at the time, at the st. Nicolas hotel. The lobbyists were in new york in the final weeks of the fight working the press. The race scene is just a hollywood chase scene. Its no different than the airport race scene in argo and i have...

The brave americans and South Vietnamese we covered who fought and died for an ideas they believed in. Ifill plus. You can tear down any wall and build anything you want in these spaces, which is pretty extraordinary. Ifill art attempting to reflect america, and artists unafraid to push boundaries. New yorks Whitney Museum takes on a new space, and new risks. Art has always been about an experience. I mean people stand in front of art to have a connection to something. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been pro...

The brave americans and South Vietnamese we covered who fought and died for an ideas they believed in. Ifill plus. You can tear down any wall and build anything you want in these spaces, which is pretty extraordinary. Ifill art attempting to reflect america, and artists unafraid to push boundaries. New yorks Whitney Museum takes on a new space, and new risks. Art has always been about an experience. I mean people stand in front of art to have a connection to something. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been pro...