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The Rising Road
Year
2014
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
2h 0m
Rating
TVPG
Performers
Peter Coyote, Paul Giamatti, Edward Herrmann, Meryl Streep
Directed By
Ken Burns
Publication Information
PBS
Summary
FDR brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending the Depression, his sweeping New Deal restores the people's self-confidence and transforms the relationship between them and their government. Eleanor rejects the traditional role of first lady, becomes her husband's liberal conscience and a sometimes controversial political force in her own right. As the decade ends, FDR faces two grave questions: whether to run for an unprecedented third term and how to deal with the rise of Hitler.