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'Hamilton' Through The Lens Of 2020

The “Hamilton” the movie was released on Disney + over the weekend, based on the hugely popular 2015 hip-hop Broadway musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton. But the movie is being seen through a different lens today in 2020, than when the musical came out in 2015.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Derek Thompson, senior editor at the Atlantic.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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