By George
Overview
A one-hour documentary about our first real moment of declaring independence 250 years ago, when New Yorkers toppled the statue of King George III at Bowling Green after a first public reading of the freshly inked document on July 9, 1776. In this film, we consider the rise and fall of empires, the toppling of statues, and the removal of monuments to Confederates and slave holders in the afterlife of George Floyd. We follow historian Abby Suckle on her trail to finally find the missing head of King George III, telling the story of how it all happened, along with reflections from Ivan Schwartz whose Studio EIS in Brooklyn has spent a half century sculpting statues of legends from American history in all its complexity: from Presidential libraries, to a re-creation of King George's statue.
Release date
26/10/2026
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Original Soundtrack
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The Pursuit of Happiness
To Keep Our Liberty
George Washington's Headquarters (1779-1780)
A Few Men Well Conducted
Guilford Letters
Ninety Six: A Frontier Crossroads
Disgraced Monuments
The Scarlet Coat
The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
Return to Lockerbie with Lorraine Kelly
Forged from Fire
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Calcutta and Delhi
The American Dream: Europeans in the New World
Anulloje Ligjin
Marble and Concrete
The Life of George Washington
Her Excellency Lady Lytton At The Victoria Memorial
The Declaration of Independence
The Patriot
George Washington's Greatest Victory