The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Created by Ken Burns

On PBS

A sweeping, beautifully crafted historical documentary that traces three interconnected lives across a century of American politics, balancing intimate portraiture with large-scale historical consequence.

Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.