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Grant (2020)

War & Politics, Documentary1h 20m
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Overview

This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.

    Series Cast

    1. Justin Salinger

      Justin Salinger

      Ulysses S. Grant

    2. Carel Nel

      Carel Nel

      Abraham Lincoln

    3. Jason K. Ralph

      General Sherman

    4. Brian Heydenrych

      Robert E. Lee

    5. Francis Chouler

      Francis Chouler

      John Rawlins

    6. Dianne Simpson

      Julia Grant

    7. Nicholas Dallas

      Major Lewis Merrill

    8. Darron Araujo

      Mark Twain

    9. Craig Jackson

      Craig Jackson

      General Halleck

    Last Season

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    Season 1

    2020 | 3 Episodes

    Season 1 of Grant premiered on May 25, 2020.

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    A review by Wuchak

    9.0
    Written by Wuchak on May 29, 2020

    _**Ranks with the top Civil War films**_ Released in 2020, “Grant” is a three-part miniseries based on historian Ron Chernow’s 2017 book of the same name. Without commercials, this is a 4-hour film that’s part dramatic reenactment featuring Justin Salinger in the lead role and part documentary with a diverse cast of erudite and interesting commentators. Ulysses S. Grant has been descibed as “an inspired commander, an adequate president, a dull companion and a roaring drunk.” I take issue with that last description. Grant might’ve had an issue with alcohol, but that doesn’t make him a “...

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    StatusEnded

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    • History

    TypeMiniseries

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Keywords

    • civil war
    • usa president
    • american civil war
    • reconstruction era
    • early america