Charmingly soft-spoken and yet powerfully incisive expressing his profound ideals, Fred Rogers was a unique presence on television for generations. Through interviews of his family and colleagues, the life of this would-be pastor is explored as a man who found a more important calling to provide an oasis for children in a video sea of violent bombardment. That proved to be his landmark series, MisteRogers' Neighborhood (1968), a show that could gently delve into important subjects no other children's show would have dared for that time. In doing so, Rogers experienced a career where his sweet-tempered idealism charmed and influenced the world whether it be scores of children on TV or recalcitrant authorities in government. However, that beloved personality also hid Rogers' deep self-doubts about himself and occasional misjudgments even as he proved a rock of understanding in times of tragedy for a world that did not always comprehend a man of such noble character.

Starring:

Joanne Rogers , Betty Aberlin , David Bianculli , McColm Cephas Jr. , François Scarborough Clemmons , Bill Clinton , Hillary Clinton , Johnny Costa , Kailyn Davis , Jeff Erlanger , Al Gore , Lyndon Johnson , Tom Junod , Robert F. Kennedy , Brian Kilmeade

Genre:

Documentary, Biography