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Looking for Lincoln
SPECIAL: PBS, Wednesday 2/11 at 9:00p (120 minutes)


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Starring Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. hosts this documentary that looks beyond what we have learned in history class about president Lincoln.

GENRE(S):	Documentary
CREATED BY:	Henry Louis Gates Jr.
FIRST AIR DATE:	February 11, 2009

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San Francisco Chronicle David Wiegand

Is the Lincoln we think we know, and, implicitly, the one Obama wants us to think about, the real Lincoln? That's one of the questions historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. asks in the provocative and accessible special Looking for Lincoln.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

It takes a while to acclimate yourself to the basic idea of Looking for Lincoln--Harvard University's ubiquitous Henry Louis Gates Jr. traveling hither and yon, trying to dig beneath the Lincoln myth--but it's an effective gambit.

Boston Globe Sam Allis

Gates does a good job presenting to us the whole man--the crafty politician exquisitely aware of his image, the man of his times ambivalent about the roles of blacks in America.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

The creation of the Lincoln myth is at the heart of three engrossing documentaries airing over the next two weeks, timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of his birth on Feb. 12....The most ambitious and captivating of the three is Looking for Lincoln, written and hosted by Henry Louis Gates.

Entertainment Weekly Jennifer Armstrong

Basically, porn for Lincoln geeks.

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

Looking for Lincoln reaches no real great conclusion beyond the fact that there are definitive moments in history and that people can change its course.

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

Looking for Lincoln is ultimately at its most fascinating during its Charles Osgood moments: when Mr. Gates visits, for instance, a Beverly Hills matron who has whole rooms in her house devoted to valuable Lincoln memorabilia.

The average user rating for this tv show is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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Marymadeline B. gave it a10:
Extremely interesting. The TV show provided a new perspective of the remarkable Abe Lincoln. He did end slavery...if he had lived he might have ended his own thoughts of bigotry.

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Looking for Lincoln SPECIAL: PBS, Wednesday 2/11 at 9:00p (120 minutes)

Looking for Lincoln
SPECIAL: PBS, Wednesday 2/11 at 9:00p (120 minutes)