The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

First Air Date: 2014-09-14

Rating:7.7 / 10(38 votes)

Status: Ended

Genres: Documentary, History, War & Politics

Seasons: 1 · Episodes: 7

Runtime: N/A

Director: Ken Burns

Writer: Geoffrey C. Ward

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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