Hamilton's America (2016)

6.7/10 • 84 min • Documentary

Overview

This documentary delves deeper into the creation of the Hamilton musical, revealing Lin-Manuel Miranda's process of absorbing and then adapting Hamilton's epic story into ground-breaking musical theater.

Cast

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Barack Obama

Daveed Diggs

Jonathan Groff

Thomas Kail

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Jasmine Cephas Jones

Phillipa Soo

Christopher Jackson

Anthony Ramos

Okieriete Onaodowan

Leslie Odom Jr.

Michelle Obama

Self (archive footage)

Barbra Streisand

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George W. Bush

Paul Ryan

Andy Blankenbuehler

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