Tony Kushner, who wrote the screenplay for Lincoln, talks about America's 16th president and "the history lesson of politics."

In this web-only video, screenwriter Tony Kushner and Bill Moyers discuss what draws us to examine Abraham Lincoln again and again.

Inspired by Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, learn about and experience ten instances of powerful presidential rhetoric on a wide range of topics.

In a preview of this week's encore broadcast, The Lincoln screenwriter talks about how writing the movie affected his own view of democracy.

In prose and poetry, actor Sam Waterston and historian Harold Holzer explore Abraham Lincoln's true legacy.