Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use familiar language to help today's audience understand firsthand the forces that shaped this country two hundred years ago. The argument, characters, passions and debating points are historically accurate, but the language and the medium of the debate is modern in form. Present day newscasters and commentators play themselves, reporting on the events of the 1780s as though they were occurring now.
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Daniel Shays
as Mayor of New York City, 1788
as Jesse Woodhull
as Self
as Self
as Alexander Hamilton
as John Lansing, Jr.
as Gov. George Clinton
as John Jay
as Demonstrator
as Robert Yates
as Robert R. Livingston
as Federalist Spokesman
as Isaac Roosevelt
as Donahue Audience Member
as Donahue Audience Member
as Donahue Audience Member
as Donahue Audience Member
as Donahue Audience Member
as Donahue Audience Member
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
as Melancton Smith
as Convention Secretary
as Anti-Federalist Delegate
as Voice-over Announcer
