‘A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation’

This installment of ‘Movies for Young Adults’ ponders how the fine art of balance guided the framers of the US Constitution.

“Signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787,” 1940, by Howard Chandler Christy. The Indiana Reporter. This event becomes alive with the documentary "A More Perfect Union." Public Domain

Are you looking to recommend a film marking America’s 250 years of independence to high schoolers? Consider this one about the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. It’s an anatomy of a democracy, not just a document.

Its lesson? It’s one thing to declare freedom, it’s quite another deciding what to do with it.