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Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Premieres in U.S. theaters Friday, June 8
Something magical and, in hindsight, bittersweet happened during my screening of this documentary about the peerless and fearless Fred Rogers: About 30 minutes into the film, nearly the entire small movie theater had broken into audible sobbing and sniffling. Such is the enduring impact of this cultural force of nature. It was a reminder of just how talented and uncanny Rogers was at connecting effortlessly with audiences through a screen. And sadly, it was also a collective realization for those gathered in that theater that we hadn't been spoken to or, as Rogers would say, "mentioned and managed" in such a way for quite some time. Documentaries are rarely this ennobling. — Bret
Something magical and, in hindsight, bittersweet happened during my screening of this documentary about the peerless and fearless Fred Rogers: About 30 minutes into the film, nearly the entire small movie theater had broken into audible sobbing and sniffling. Such is the enduring impact of this cultural force of nature. It was a reminder of just how talented and uncanny Rogers was at connecting effortlessly with audiences through a screen. And sadly, it was also a collective realization for those gathered in that theater that we hadn't been spoken to or, as Rogers would say, "mentioned and managed" in such a way for quite some time. Documentaries are rarely this ennobling. — Bret
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