American Experience: FDR
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Movie Reviews of American Experience: FDR
Movie Review: It's a biography, not a history
Summary: 5 Stars
I agree that there is scant attention to many important historical events in which FDR played a key role. But you can't have everything in a 2-disc biography. I liked having the personal stuff. It's a biography after all. If I want history, I'll watch a history documentary or read a history book. You can't understand Roosevelt's actions without understanding his personal life.
It is interesting to compare the Greer incident and the Tonkin incident. I suspect that FDR's lies are accepted by most today because it is quite apparent in hindsight that we needed to fight WW2 and we won. LBJ's are condemned because a lot of people think it was a mistake to go to war in Viet Nam and we lost.
Movie Review: Some extraordinary newsreels of Warm Springs, Georgia
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very surprised to see the extraordinary newsreels of FDR in Warms Springs, Georgia using a wheel-chair and then swimming with young people who also had polio. On television, I had always seen the standard footage of FDR giving speeches. The film explains the great lengths FDR went through to improve his body control, so as not to be pitied or viewed as a cripple. After several years of tough times, FDR was ready to be president - as he knew he could be. Special thanks to Curtis Roosevelt, grandson, for his well-prepared remarks on the character of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt.Movie Review: Good But Incomplete
Summary: 5 Stars
There was no mention of the Executive Order 9066 the internment of Japanese Americans in camps after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. I find this absense disheartening as we will fail in an age of terrorism to take to heart the mistakes of the past. It was Roosevelt's racist scapegoating of Japanese Americans and the first forced relocation since Americans forced Native Americans into reservations. It may be disgraceful, but it is our history and we must learn from it.Movie Review: Excellent Documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
Enjoyed this thoroughly. The story of a great man. Between his illness and Eleanor's reports, he seemed to have developed a great compassion for others. Our country was so fortunate to have such a leader during many worldwide trials. Very well done.Movie Review: A Must-See!
Summary: 5 Stars
A wonderful documentary on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's amazing life, with rarely seen archive footage.
Should be compulsory in all schools to give a better understanding of the Depression Years and World War II.