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INVENTING AMERICA: Making a Government

NOLA Code:
IAGV 0000 H2
Number of Episodes/Length:
1 / 60
Genre:
Rights End:
7/31/2026
Producer
WGVU
Presenter
WGVU
Co-Producer
Milton Nieuwsma
TV-G
CC
sIX
Stereo
Year Produced:
2016
Version:
Base
A follow-up to Inventing America: Making a Nation, Inventing America: Making a Government brings our Founding Fathers back to life in a TV talk show filmed before a live audience. Episode 2 tells the story behind the Constitutional Convention of 1787 – four momentous months that changed the world. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Gouverneur Morris and George Washington discuss the conflicts and compromises that led to creating the world’s most enduring republic. While imagined and presented as a retrospective, the conversation is based on fact, using the Founders’ actual words. Created by Milton Nieuwsma and filmed by Zach Liniewski and Philip A. Lane, two-time Emmy Award-winners from previous collaborations, the show was recorded at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. The host and moderator is Fred Johnson, associate professor of history at Hope College. The director is John K.V. Tammi, professor emeritus of theatre and founder of Hope College’s acclaimed Summer Repertory Theatre.

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Program Rights

Broadcast Rights:
Unlimited
Rights Dates:
6/10/2017 - 7/31/2026
School Rights:
Cocurrent
V.O.D. Rights:
Yes
V.O.D. Rights Type:
Concurrent w/broadcast rights
Linear Live Streaming:
Yes
Non-Commercial Cable Rights:
Yes

Program Contacts

Contact Type
Viewer

Phil Lane
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
United States