Synopsis
The new documentary event will provide an epic portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, unpacking how his own fight with polio prepared him for the challenges of leading the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Based upon Goodwin's New York Times bestseller, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, viewers will experience a most harrowing, yet heroic time in history when through grit, commitment and shared sacrifice FDR was the right man at the right time to lead the U.S. and the allied nations, projecting confidence in himself and America.
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Christian McKay
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alice Bounsall
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rufus Jones
Theodore Roosevelt
Adrian Galley
Jazzara Jaslyn
Pierre Malherbe
Rupert Anderson
Anthony C. Hyde
Jacques Adriaanse
Sean Cameron Michael
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - President of US (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self - Prime Minister of UK (archive footage)