Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Diederik Hoogstraten is one of the creative minds behind the screenplay for Angel Studios’ upcoming film Young Washington. The film, true to its name, follows a young George Washington before he was the father of our nation. As he is thrown into the middle of a global conflict, he must confront his enemies as well as the man he is becoming. Young Washington comes to theaters on July 3rd, just in time to celebrate the 250th year of the United States of America.
0:00 Introduction
0:45 How did you go about deciding what to include and exclude in the screenplay?
4:09 What did you see as the essence of the character that you wanted to ensure you conveyed in the story?
8:08 How did you navigate filtering the history into a cinematic story?
11:15 How conscious were you during the process to leave the story as accessible to anyone as possible and not put it in any religious, political, etc. boxes?
13:30 How does this movie represent America even thought its story predates the country as we know it?
15:32 What do you hope audiences will take away from this show?
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Diederik Hoogstraten is one of the creative minds behind the screenplay for Angel Studios’ upcoming film Young Washington. The film, true to its name, follows a young George Washington before he was the father of our nation. As he is thrown into the middle of a global conflict, he must confront his enemies as well as the man he is becoming. Young Washington comes to theaters on July 3rd, just in time to celebrate the 250th year of the United States of America.
0:00 Introduction
0:45 How did you go about deciding what to include and exclude in the screenplay?
4:09 What did you see as the essence of the character that you wanted to ensure you conveyed in the story?
8:08 How did you navigate filtering the history into a cinematic story?
11:15 How conscious were you during the process to leave the story as accessible to anyone as possible and not put it in any religious, political, etc. boxes?
13:30 How does this movie represent America even thought its story predates the country as we know it?
15:32 What do you hope audiences will take away from this show?
Make sure to subscribe to the channel, like the video, and jump into the comments section to let us know what you thought of the movie!
FOLLOW US:
thecollision.org
X @DanielBlackaby
Facebook.com/thecollisionbmi
