The Eleanor Roosevelt Story | |
Director: | Richard Kaplan |
Producer: | Sidney Glazier |
Editing: | Miriam Arsham |
Distributor: | Allied Artists |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story is a 1965 American biographical documentary film directed by Richard Kaplan.
It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1965.[1] [2]
The Academy Film Archive preserved The Eleanor Roosevelt Story in 2006.[3] Bosley Crowther of the New York Times said the film conveyed a great deal of humanity and devotion. It is one of the most moving and encouraging films.[4]
Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic described The Eleanor Roosevelt Story as 'an outstandingly tasteful and skilled piece of documentary film-making, particularly deft in its use of still photos, where necessary'.[5]