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REVELATIONS ENTERTAINMENT AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRESENT THE STORY OF US WITH MORGAN FREEMAN, AN AMBITIOUS GLOBAL JOURNEY TO SEEK ANSWERS TO SOME OF HUMANITY’S BIGGEST QUESTIONS
From the Producers of the Emmy-Nominated Hit Series The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, New Series, Premiering Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 9/8c, Expands Hit Franchise to Explore Topics Including Love, Power, Rebellion and Freedom
Thu Sep 14 2017 14:30:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)
“In this time of growing social, racial and cultural divisions, The Story of Us reveals how we are bound together by our common humanity”
—Morgan Freeman
(Washington, D.C. – Sept. 12, 2017) Why do some people rise to power and others do not? Why do we fall in love — not just with romantic partners but with friends and strangers? How has our need to share beliefs built human culture? National Geographic will seek to answer these big questions and many more with new series The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, premiering Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 9/8c on National Geographic. From the creators of the critically acclaimed series The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, this expansion of the network’s hit franchise once again finds Freeman taking viewers on a global journey to meet with people from different cultures whose lives are shaped in surprising ways by different fundamental forces, this time exploring themes that unite us all. The series will premiere globally in early 2018 on National Geographic in 171 countries and 45 languages.
At a time when global events seem to be driving cultures apart, The Story of Us aims to reveal the common humanity that lies inside each one of us. Each of the six hourlong episodes will explore a single fundamental force or topic: freedom, peace, love, social division, power and rebellion. Along the way Freeman meets and speaks with powerful world leaders, ordinary people with extraordinary stories and everyone in between. “
Among those Freeman speaks with on his journeys:
Albert Woodfox (“The March of Freedom”), one of three prison inmates put in solitary confinement in Louisiana State Penitentiary in April 1972 after the killing of a corrections officer. He was kept in solitary confinement for more than 43 years until his conviction was overturned in 2014. He was finally released in 2016.
Paul Kagame (“The Fight for Peace”), the president of Rwanda, whose people have been able to make peace after a horrific civil war. Freeman also meets with a Tutsi who has reconciled with the Hutu who killed her family.
Joshua Coombes (“The Power of Love”), a hairstylist from London who began a global social movement called #DoSomethingForNothing, which encourages people to carry out everyday small acts of kindness. For Coombes, that meant offering free haircuts to the homeless to help give them back their dignity.
Megan Phelps-Roper (“Us and Them”), a prominent member of the Westboro Baptist Church before leaving in 2012. Since then, she has become an advocate for people and ideas she was once taught to despise — especially the value of empathizing with people across ideological lines.
President Bill Clinton (“The Power of Us”), who discusses what it’s like to bear the weight of wielding great power, both in the United States and around the world.
Patrisse Cullors (“The Spirit of Rebellion”), one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement. The abuse of her brother at the hands of the police started her on the road to fighting for social justice.
...And many others.
“Talking with three presidents and two Nobel Peace Prize winners and traveling to remote regions of Africa and Central America was a memorable experience for me. It was an incredible global journey to understand how human culture has taken on so many remarkable forms,” added Freeman.
EPISODES INCLUDE
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman: The March of Freedom
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman: The Fight for Peace
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman: The Power of Love
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman: Us and Them
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman: The Power of Us
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman: The Spirit of Rebellion
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman will be available day-after broadcast on digital platforms including iTunes, Amazon and GooglePlay.
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman is produced by Revelations Entertainment for National Geographic. For Revelations Entertainment, the executive producers are Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary and James Younger. For National Geographic, the executive producer is Betsy Forhan; Kevin Tao Mohs is vice president, production and development; and Tim Pastore is president of original programming and production.
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