Looking for Lincoln
2009, English. Directed by John Maggio & Muriel Soenens.
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and face-to-face with people who live with Lincoln every day -- relic hunters, re-enactors and others for whom the study of Lincoln is a passion.
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- 2h 0m
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- English
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- 11 February 2009
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- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Who directed Looking for Lincoln?
Looking for Lincoln (2009) was directed by John Maggio and Muriel Soenens and stars Henry Louis Gates, Jr..