The Soul of America (2020)

Directed by KD Davison · Cinematography by Bill Kirstein

TV-PG77 min159 frames

Documentary

Know our past. Shape our future.

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The Soul of America (2020) movie still: medium — Two men stand before a wall covered in World War II era posters. They wear formal suits and fedoras… — The Soul of America (2020) — © Kunhardt Films, HBO

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The Soul of America — official trailer

What is The Soul of America about?

Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the country’s current political and historical moment by examining its past. Based on his 2018 bestseller of the same name.

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What does the cinematography of The Soul of America look like?

Sampled across 159 frames, the coverage of The Soul of America leans on medium shots (50% of the sample) and wide compositions (22%). Cinematographer Bill Kirstein keeps 67% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 74% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 63% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Soul of America?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Soul of America (2020) are #cdcdcc, #f9f9f9, #040404, #888785, #494948, #2f302e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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