

14 minutes to reshape a mountain—and American mythmaking itself.
Production
Archive footage of 400 workers dangling with dynamite.
Direction
McBride frames Borglum like a Greek tragedy hero.
Director
Robert McBride
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Borglum destroyed all his models so no one could finish without him. King behavior, honestly.
This 1986 doc dropped right before Reagan's re-election—peak 'morning in America' revisionism. The timing is not accidental.
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