| The Address | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Ken Burns |
| Directed by | Ken Burns |
| Narrated by | Edward "Ned" Shaw, George "Geo" Gould, and others |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ken Burns Christopher Darling |
| Cinematography | Lindsay Taylor Jackson David Burton Lovejoy |
| Editor | Craig Mellish |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Production company | Florentine Films |
| Original release | |
| Release | April 15, 2014 |
The Address is a 2014 documentary film for television written, co-produced and directed by Ken Burns. The documentary was released on April 15, 2014.
The Address follows a group of students from The Greenwood School, a boarding school in Putney, Vermont for boys in Grades 6-12 with special needs, such as dyslexia and ADHD as they prepare to recite the Gettysburg Address.
The documentary follows the students in their day-to-day lives at the boarding school, as they each prepare for the recital. The boys receive a special coin upon successfully reciting the speech. Burns used various students from the school to narrate historical background throughout the film.
Brian Lowry of Variety said, "[I]t surely must have felt like something of a respite to play small ball for a while with "The Address," profiling a school for teenage boys with learning disabilities in Vermont, and the children for whom memorizing and reciting the Gettysburg Address is a rite of passage. Despite its relative lack of heft, the project is reasonably effective in providing a window into these kids' worlds, however narrow the aperture might be."[1]
