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  • F.S. Key After the Song (2017–2017)
  • PG
    TV Mini-series | Documentary
F.S. Key After the Song (2017–2017)
PG
TV Mini-series | Documentary

A three-part series about the life story of Francis Scott Key is told through remembrances from his closest associates, as played by a group of gifted actors. Key wrote our national anthem but was also a constitutional lawyer and an ...See moreA three-part series about the life story of Francis Scott Key is told through remembrances from his closest associates, as played by a group of gifted actors. Key wrote our national anthem but was also a constitutional lawyer and an ambitious political operative for President Andrew Jackson whose conflicted views on slavery reflects the antebellum societies attitudes that eventually lead to civil war. The series is a window into the antebellum mindset that in many ways continues to raise questions to this day. The film centers on interviews between the filmmaker and a series of 13 characters from history who discuss and explore the events of Francis Scot Key's lifetime in a collective conversation that's supplemented with interviews with academicians and experts on the historical period. Re-creations of some historical events add further depth to the film. Part One of F.S. Key After the Song is subtitled "The Era of Good Feelings." It starts a heartbeat after Jackson's battle of New Orleans and is a primer on early slavery. Part Two is titled "Might Versus Right." It centers on Key's change in character and his involvement in the Jackson Administration and his transformation into a political operative. Part Three is titled "Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely." It shows how Key goes head-to-head with abolitionists' ideas -- and loses. Written by Filmmaker See less
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Sep 2017 (United States)

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24 cast members
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Keelin McCool
Margaret Timberlake Eaton (2017) Margaret Timberlake Eaton (2017)   See fewer
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Gary Sandy
Andrew Jackson (2017) Andrew Jackson (2017)   See fewer
Deborah Hazlett
Mary Tayloe Lloyd Key (2017) Mary Tayloe Lloyd Key (2017)   See fewer
Phil Proctor
John Randolph of Roanoke (2017) John Randolph of Roanoke (2017)   See fewer
Boyd Gaines
Roger B. Taney (2017) Roger B. Taney (2017)   See fewer
Karen Lynn Gorney
Mary Ann Thornton (2017) Mary Ann Thornton (2017)   See fewer
John Astin
Edgar Allan Poe (2017) Edgar Allan Poe (2017)   See fewer
J. Arthur E. Brooks
Nat Turner (2017) Nat Turner (2017)   See fewer
Gary-Kayi Fletcher
Arthur Bowen (2017) Arthur Bowen (2017)   See fewer
Cliff McMullen
Clem Johnson (2017) Clem Johnson (2017)   See fewer
Bruce Nelson
William Lloyd Garrison (2017) William Lloyd Garrison (2017)   See fewer
Gavin Witt
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J. Emerson McGowan
Samuel Cornish (2017) Samuel Cornish (2017)   See fewer
Jefferson Morley
Self - Author (2017) Self - Author (2017)   See fewer
Manisha Sinha
Self - Historian (2017) Self - Historian (2017)   See fewer
John F. Marszalek
Self - Historian (2017) Self - Historian (2017)   See fewer
David Johnson
Self - Author (2017) Self - Author (2017)   See fewer
Mark R. Cheathem
Self - Historian (2017) Self - Historian (2017)   See fewer
Charles N. Edel
Self - Historian (2017) Self - Historian (2017)   See fewer
Donald R. Hickey
Self - Historian (2017) Self - Historian (2017)   See fewer
Marc Leepson
Self - Historian (2017) Self - Historian (2017)   See fewer
James B. O'Hara
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Nicholas Wood
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John V. Quarstein
Self - Historian (2017) Self - Historian (2017)   See fewer
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