Traveling Hopefully is a 1982 American short documentary film directed by John G. Avildsen. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[1] It focuses on Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union. Baldwin tells of how he got interested in civil liberties, and mentions a number of the cases in which the ACLU defended people or entities.
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Directed by | John G. Avildsen |
Produced by | Steven Haft |
Starring | Roger Nash Baldwin Norman Lear |
Music by | Bill Conti |
Production company | Arnuthfonyus Films |
Distributed by | Films Inc. |
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Running time | 29 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote "This is an amiable, well-intentioned documentary, but an extremely superficial one".[2] Also writing in the Times, John J. O'Connor stated that Traveling Hopefully "captures, with warmth, the admirable grittiness of an American original".[3]
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