Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt is a mass of contradictions—a master power broker who deftly concealed her own influence, a fiercely private woman who opened her heart with amazing candor to a wide variety of confidants, a devoted political wife who often criticized her husband's policies, and an upper-class Victorian woman who managed to transcend many of the confines of her economic status. Her story, like that of Franklin D. Roosevelt, has often been told and told poorly. This film is an attempt to depict ER in all her political and personal complexity. The director, Sue Williams, assembled an advisory board of ER historians to help her craft an engaging yet accurate script. This reviewer was part of that team and as a result witnessed the often fierce struggle between personal narrative and political action. Many of the history advisers wanted ER's public and private political actions to receive as much attention as

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