The Congress

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful and often touching portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of Congress and, in turn, our country.

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  Ken Burns

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  David McCullough
  Self - Writer / Narrator
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  Cokie Roberts
  Self - Journalist
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  Alistair Cooke
  Self - Journalist
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  Arthur Miller
  Self
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  Charles McDowell
  Self - Newspaperman
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  Barbara Fields
  Self - Historian
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  John C. Stennis
  Self - Former Senator
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  David Broder
  Self - Reporter
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  David S. Broder
  Self - Reporter
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  George Tames
  Self - Photographer
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  James MacGregor Burns
  Self - Historian
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  Jerome Dempsey
  (voice)
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  Shelby Foote
  (voice)
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  Ronnie Gilbert
  (voice)
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  Julie Harris
  (voice)
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  Derek Jacobi
  (voice)
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  Garrison Keillor
  (voice)
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  Walt MacPherson
  (voice)