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Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Name: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Director: Morgan Neville
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-06-29
Cast: Margaret Whitmer, Tom Junod, Joanne Rogers, Jim Rogers, Max King

Documentary

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.

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Cast

Margaret WhitmerTom JunodJoanne RogersJim RogersMax KingHedda SharapanBetty SeamansJunlei LiJoe NegriDavid NewellBill IslerJohn Rogers

Director

Morgan Neville

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