Traveling Hopefully

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Traveling Hopefully
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.
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
29 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 at the 55th Academy Awards. [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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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]

References

  1. ↑ "NY Times: Traveling Hopefully". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
  2. ↑ Maslin, Janet (January 6, 1982). "FILM: WATER POLLUTION AND ROGER BALDWIN PROFILE". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ O'Connor, John J. (May 14, 1982). "TV WEEKEND; 'MARCO POLO,' 'PAIK ON THE AIR,' A.C.L.U. FOUNDER". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 19, 2021.


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