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TPT banks on Alexander Hamilton documentary

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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton is considered by many to be America's most controversial founding father -- the leading force behind the Constitution, chief advocate for a strong central government and architect of America's economy, rescuing the young country from bankruptcy after the Revolutionary War.
Image by John Trumbull, courtesy of The New York Historical Society

Alexander Hamilton's face graces the $10 bill and he played a major part in setting up the U.S. banking system, but his role in U.S. history tends to be overshadowed by giants like Jefferson, Franklin and Washington.

Tonight, Hamilton gets the spotlight in a television documentary that premieres on PBS stations nationwide. The film was produced in Minnesota by Twin Cities Public Television. It uses both historians and actors to tell Hamilton's story.

That's the same documentary technique used in TPT's Emmy Award-winning "Benjamin Franklin" documentary in 2002.

MPR's Greta Cunningham talked with executive producer Catherine Allen of Twin Cities Public Television, about why Alexander Hamilton was a good followup to the Ben Franklin documentary.

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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton is considered by many to be America's most controversial founding father -- the leading force behind the Constitution, chief advocate for a strong central government and architect of America's economy, rescuing the young country from bankruptcy after the Revolutionary War.
Image by John Trumbull, courtesy of The New York Historical Society