Mount Rushmore
Four U.S. presidents' faces were sculpted by laborers using drills and hammers during the Great Depression in South Dakota.
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Four U.S. presidents' faces were sculpted by laborers using drills and hammers during the Great Depression in South Dakota.
Synopsis
Gutzon Borglum's vision took shape in the granite of South Dakota as he sculpted Mount Rushmore during the Great Depression. The documentary details Borglum's artistic brilliance and volatile temperament, which shaped the project’s direction. It also documents the laborers who faced difficult conditions while using drills and hammers to carve the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Cultural significance and controversies surrounding this monumental work are also addressed.
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