The Statue of Liberty (film)

The Statue of Liberty

Directed by	Ken Burns
Produced by	Ken Burns Buddy Squires
Written by	Geoffrey C. Ward Bernard Weisberger
Narrated by	David McCullough
Edited by	Buddy Squires
Release dates	1985
Country	United States
Language	English

The Statue of Liberty is a 1985 American documentary film on the history of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). It was produced and directed by Ken Burns. The film first aired on October 28, 1985. It was narrated by historian David McCullough. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[1]

Contributors

The film included readings by Jeremy Irons and Arthur Miller, among others.^[1]

McCullough, then-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, former congresswoman Barbara Jordan, director Miloš Forman, writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski, musician Ray Charles, and poet Carolyn Forché are among those interviewed. The film also featured vintage film footage that deals with Lady Liberty from the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Bugs Bunny and Planet of the Apes.

Films

Films directed	Brooklyn Bridge (1981) The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984) The Statue of Liberty (1985) Huey Long (1985) The Congress (1988) Thomas Hart Benton (1988) The Civil War (1990) Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Baseball (1994) Thomas Jefferson (1997) Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) Not for Ourselves Alone (1999) Jazz (2001) Mark Twain (2001) Horatio's Drive (2003) Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) The War (2007) The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) The Tenth Inning (2010) Prohibition (2011) The Dust Bowl (2012) The Central Park Five (2012) The Address (2014) The Roosevelts (2014) Jackie Robinson (2016)

Films produced	The West (1996) Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)