We Fight to Be Free

We Fight to Be Free is a 2006 short biographical film about George Washington directed by Kees Van Oostrum and starring Sebastian Roché, Caroline Goodall, Stephen Lang and Peter Woodward.[1][2][3][4][5]

We Fight to Be Free

Directed by	Kees Van Oostrum
Produced by	Olga Arana Rick Brookwell Kasper Graversen Craig Haffner Seth Isler Lynn Kramer Jose C. Mangual
Written by	Lionel Chetwynd
Starring	Sebastian Roché Caroline Goodall Stephen Lang Peter Woodward
Music by	Trevor Jones
Cinematography	Kees Van Oostrum
Edited by	Victor Du Bois
Distributed by	Mount Vernon
Release date	October 27, 2006 (2006-10-27)
Running time	24 min
Language	English
Budget	$5 million

Synopsis

The film features the story of American Revolutionary war hero and first United States president, George Washington, including his military achievements and pivotal moments in his life.

Cast

Sebastian Roché as George Washington
Caroline Goodall as Martha Dandridge Custis
Stephen Lang as James Craik
Peter Woodward as Edward Braddock

References

Andrew M. Schocket (February 2017). Fighting Over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution. NYU Press. pp. 111–. ISBN 978-1-4798-8410-0.
"Movie Showtimes". Mount Vernon.org. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
Trescott, Jacqueline (October 24, 2006). "Fleshing Out a Founding Father Mount Vernon Additions Provide New Entree to George Washington's World". The Washington Post.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
Thomson, Desson (October 24, 2006). "A Visceral Film's Deep-Seated Effect". The Washington Post.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
Heritage, American. "Mount Vernon". American Heritage.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.

External links

We Fight to Be Free on IMDb

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1st President of the United States, 1789–1797 Senior Officer of the Army, 1798–1799 Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, 1775–1783 Second Continental Congress, 1775 First Continental Congress, 1774
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We Fight to Be Free

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