| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 627 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 viewer's guide (13 pages ; 15 cm.) |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen presentation (4x3); Dolby digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Host, Bill Moyers. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on PBS in 1987. |
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Each program is ca. 57 min. |
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Accompanying viewer's guide includes questions to consider; a glossary of constitutional buzzwords; and articles on preserving the document, the history of judicial review, and the Constitution's international influence. |
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"Episodes 3 and 9 [are] a production of Public Affairs Television in association with Wayne Ewing Films"--Container. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
In American history, no document has sparked as much reverence, discussion, and controversy as the Constitution. But how does it really affect our everyday lives? Join Bill Moyers for this eleven-part series, originally produced to mark the Constitution's bicentennial, that delves into the fascinating history and contemporary relevance of the ultimate law of the land. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Episode 1. In the beginning ; Episode 2. Mr. Justice Blackmun ; Episode 3. Mortimer Adler : teaching the Constitution -- Disc 2. Episode 4. Mr. Justice Brennan ; Episode 5. Ronald Dworkin : the changing story ; Episode 6. God and the Constitution -- Disc 3. Episode 7. Strictly speaking ; Episode 8. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ; Episode 9. For the people -- Disc 4. Episode 10. 1987 v. the Constitution ; Episode 11. Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. |
| Note |
Bonus DVD features: updates on the participants and issues and a biography of Bill Moyers. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
United States. Constitution.
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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Constitutional law -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Moyers, Bill D.
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Blackmun, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1908-1999.
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Adler, Mortimer J. (Mortimer Jerome), 1902-2001.
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Brennan, William J., 1906-1997.
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Dworkin, Ronald.
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O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023
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Powell, Lewis F., Jr., 1907-1998.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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WTVS-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.)
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Public Affairs Television (Firm)
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Athena (Firm)
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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Wayne Ewing Films.
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| Added Title |
In search of the Constitution (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781598285277 |
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1598285270 |
| Standard No. |
054961852796 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8527 Athena |
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