The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Synopsis

Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.

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Streaming on

• PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel↗
• Thirteen↗
• WETA+↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Peter Coyote
  as Narrator (voice)
• 
  David McCullough
  as Self - Historian
• 
  Meryl Streep
  as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
• 
  Edward Herrmann
  as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
• 
  Paul Giamatti
  as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
• 
  Theodore Roosevelt
  as Self (archive footage)

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