The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The read

The series ran 1 season across 7 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

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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Key crew

• Ken BurnsDirector
• Ken BurnsWriter
• Geoffrey C. WardWriter

Cast

• Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
• David McCulloughSelf - Historian
• Meryl StreepEleanor Roosevelt (voice)
• Edward HerrmannFranklin Roosevelt (voice)
• Paul GiamattiTheodore Roosevelt (voice)
• Theodore RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
• Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf - Historian
• Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
• John LithgowJames Roosevelt (voice)
• Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage)

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