Washington recounts his journey as a young soldier with personal ambitions who becomes a leader willing to sacrifice everything for the common good. He rises from being a loyal British subject in a liberty-or-death campaign to build a new nation. As victorious, he voluntarily steps down and is hailed by King George III as "the greatest man in the world." Believing his duty fulfilled, he retires but is called back to lead again during critical times, creating history's most powerful and successful democracy. You might think you know George Washington, but this film reveals more than you've been told about him. It takes away the marble that conceals his true self from view, revealing a man at the heart of our nation's story. You'll never look at George Washington or the founding of our country the same way again.
A young George Washington hungers for fame and prestige as an officer in the ...