The Words That Built America (2017)

Documentary

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foundation for the United States of America.

Cast

Narrator (voice)
David McCullough
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Kevin Bacon
Reader - Declaration of Independence
America Ferrera
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Morgan Freeman
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Sean Hannity
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Neil Patrick Harris
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Samuel L. Jackson
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Dwayne Johnson
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Caitlyn Jenner
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Toby Keith
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Megyn Kelly
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Jack Black
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Yo-Yo Ma
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Peggy Noonan
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Rosie O'Donnell
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Robert Redford
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Kid Rock
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Meryl Streep
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Vince Vaughn
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Kerry Washington
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Fareed Zakaria
Reader - The Constitution
Joe Biden
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Tucker Carlson
Reader - The Constitution
George H. W. Bush
Reader - The Constitution
George W. Bush
Reader - The Constitution
Jimmy Carter
Reader - The Constitution
Dick Cheney
Reader - The Constitution
Bill Clinton
Reader - The Constitution
Hillary Clinton
Reader - The Constitution
Al Franken
Reader - The Constitution
Al Gore
Reader - The Constitution
Nikki Haley
Reader - The Constitution
Kamala Harris
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Common
Reader - The Constitution
John Kerry
Reader - The Constitution
Henry Kissinger
Reader - The Constitution
John Lewis
Reader - The Constitution
Ed Markey
Reader - The Constitution
John McCain
Reader - The Constitution
Mitch McConnell
Reader - The Constitution
Barack Obama
Reader - The Constitution
Nancy Pelosi
Reader - The Constitution
Mike Pence
Reader - The Constitution
Colin Powell
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Bryan Cranston
Reader - The Constitution
Dan Quayle
Reader - The Constitution
Donald Rumsfeld
Reader - The Constitution
Paul Ryan
Reader - The Constitution
Eric Swalwell
Reader - The Constitution
Donald Trump
Reader - The Constitution
Elizabeth Warren
Reader - The Constitution
Maxine Waters
Reader - The Constitution
Angus King
Reader - The Constitution
Tammy Baldwin
Reader - The Constitution
Catherine Cortez Masto
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Anderson Cooper
Reader - The Constitution
Tim Kaine
Reader - The Constitution
Susan Collins
Reader - The Constitution
Tammy Duckworth
Reader - The Constitution
Debbie Stabenow
Reader - The Constitution
John Hickenlooper
Reader - The Constitution
Joe Kennedy III
Reader - The Constitution
John Thune
Reader - The Constitution
Richard Shelby
Reader - The Constitution
Chuck Schumer
Reader - The Constitution
Kirsten Gillibrand
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Robert De Niro
Reader - The Constitution
Claire McCaskill
Reader - The Constitution
Bob Corker
Reader - The Constitution
S Shelley Moore Capito
Reader - The Constitution
Condoleezza Rice
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Laura Dern
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Robert Duvall

Crew

Director
Alexandra Pelosi
Executive Producer
Sheila Nevins
Producer
Lisa Heller
Producer
Alexandra Pelosi
Producer
L Larissa Bills
Editor
J Jennifer McGarrity