Movie
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Overview
For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-06-29
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Tremolo Productions, Impact Partners, Independent Lens, PBS
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Margaret Whitmer as Self - TV Producer
- Tom Junod as Self - Journalist and Fred's Friend
- Joanne Rogers as Self - Fred's Wife
- Jim Rogers as Self - Fred's Son
- Max King as Self - Fred's Biographer
- Hedda Sharapan as Self - Child Development Advisor
- Betty Seamans as Self - Actress / Mrs. McFeely
- Junlei Li as Self - Fred Rogers Center Co-director
- Joe Negri as Self - Actor / Handyman Negri
- David Newell as Self - Actor / Mr. McFeely
- Bill Isler as Self - Fred's Colleague and Friend
- John Rogers as Self - Fred's Son
Crew
- Morgan Neville - Director
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