Mr. Rogers documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? hits theaters later this year and the first clip from the film has been released online, along with the initial wave of reviews from its screening at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival over the weekend. Documentarian Morgan Neville, who won an Oscar for his exploration of the lives and experiences of professional backup singers in the 2013 film 20 Feet from Stardom, directed this glimpse into the inner workings of one of the 20th century’s most widely trusted and beloved celebrities.
Neville’s film isn’t so much of a biopic about Fred Rogers himself as it is an examination of the man through the making of his landmark television series. After launching in 1963 on CBS as a unique educational series, Mister Rogers was rebranded Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and began its run as a public television program ...
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