Film - "Alexander Hamilton: In Worlds Unknown" August 5, 2008

Commissioned as a companion piece to the New-York Historical Society's exhibition, "Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America," Don Winslow's multimedia play is derived largely from Hamilton's own words. While actors playing various figures - Washington, Jefferson, John Adams - appear on a screen in videotaped sequences, the stage belongs to an actor who portrays Hamilton and an actress who plays the three most important women in his life.

Also shown will be the 20-minute chapter "Alexander Hamilton" from "New York: A Documentary Film," the 14 1/2 hour PBS documentary by Ric Burns that explores New York Citys rich history as the premier laboratory of modern life. As this segment shows, perhaps more than anyone else Alexander Hamilton was responsible for transforming the City into the business and financial capital of the country.

These programs are presented as part of Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America, a traveling panel exhibit that examines Hamilton's central role during the Revolutionary War and Founding period (1774-1804) in creating the economic, constitutional, social, journalistic, political and foreign policy templates for modern America. The exhibit will acquaint visitors with a statesman and visionary whose life inspired discussion and controversy and shaped the America we live in 200 years after his death.

The free exhibit will be on display at the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Road, Norge from June 28 to August 7 during normal library hours. Programs associated with the exhibit can be found at http://www.wrl.org/hamilton. They are presented without charge thanks to a grant from the Friends of Williamsburg Regional Library.

Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America is organized by the The New-York Historical Society, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the American Library Association. The traveling exhibition has been made possible in part through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of human experience and cultural heritage.

The traveling exhibition is based on the New-York Historical Society's exhibition commemorating the 200th anniversary of Hamilton's death as well as the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Society in 1804.

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