The Founding Fathers Documentary Analysis

I watched the Founding Fathers documentary, episode 3. The subject of this film is the founding fathers such as, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, and John Adams and how they all became ‘founding fathers’ of the United States. The film begins by discussing Thomas Jefferson and how much he cared about dependence, how he contributed to getting independence, his actions, and his more personal ways of life. The documentary eventually transitions into discussing George Washington. This film discusses George Washington’s efforts in battles, his armies, and his leadership. The documentary then transitions into a discussion about how Benjamin Franklin and John Adams were different and their personal attributes. …show more content…
However, throughout the documentary, the founding fathers are portrayed by speaking in a first person point of view. Although it is not actually the real founding fathers, this documentary still presents their ideas in their point of view, as if they were the ones speaking. This documentary does in fact have a clear thesis. Although this documentary is informative on the actions of our founding fathers and how they contributed to the making of our country, it also goes deeper than this. The main point of this film is to show that the founding fathers were regular people who did normal things and to show that sometimes ordinary people are capable of extraordinary …show more content…
By showing the personal sides of the founding fathers, the film was much more relatable. For me, I am increasingly interested in things which I can relate to. This film gave me that. I also liked the fact that the ones who commented on the film were authors and professors which are very knowledgeable about this topic. I did not like the fact that this film was focused more on Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton more than the other founding fathers. However, I really enjoyed this