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Looking for Lincoln (2009) | Slate

Looking for Lincoln

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Looking for Lincoln

Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and face-to-face with people who live with Lincoln every day -- relic hunters, re-enactors and others for whom the study of Lincoln is a passion.

Released: 2009
Runtime: 2h 0m
Genres: Documentary

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Writer

John MaggioDirector

Muriel SoenensDirector

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