The HISTORY Channel Premiering New Lincoln Doc

The HISTORY Channel’s three-night documentary event Abraham Lincoln, executive produced by historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin and RadicalMedia, is slated to premiere over President’s Day weekend in the U.S.

The biographical doc of the 16th U.S. president is based on Goodwin’s New York Times bestseller Leadership: In Turbulent Times. It will air across three consecutive nights, beginning on Sunday, February 20.

Abraham Lincoln will explore the president’s life from his impoverished childhood to his days as a young prairie lawyer and politician, through his election to the presidency and his assassination only five days after the end of the Civil War. Viewers will learn of the lesser-known aspects of Lincoln’s life and leadership through dramatic live-action scenes. The documentary event also features expert interviews, archival photos and news accounts, Lincoln’s letters, writings and speeches, and remembrances from his contemporaries.

President Barack Obama, Gen. Stan McCrystal and historians Christy Coleman, Dr. Allen Guelzo, Dr. Edna Greene Medford, Harold Holzer, Dr. Caroline Janney and Dr. Catherine Clinton are among those interviewed in Abraham Lincoln.

Goodwin said: “I am so glad to be partnering again with The HISTORY Channel—this time to tell the story of Abraham Lincoln, whose leadership carried our country through one of its most perilous times. Lincoln’s humanity, sense of purpose and ultimately his principled character provides for us a powerful example of how we might treat each other with dignity and respect if we are to become the nation that he imagined we could be.”

Eli Lehrer, executive VP and head of programming for The HISTORY Channel, said: “We couldn’t be prouder to partner again with our friend Doris to deliver this incredibly important story of Abraham Lincoln, now more than ever, as our third presidential doc series. Abraham Lincoln will offer viewers a truly intimate look at an imperfect yet remarkable leader who was tasked, against all odds, with reuniting our country while fighting the deadliest war in American history.”