Historian Ken Burns' documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History offers an exhaustive look at the lives of the wealthy and powerful family that produced two presidents as well as one of the most influential First Ladies in American history.
This series gives the viewer a comprehensive and well documented look at a critical time in our history as a nation. The information is well researched, the photos and film clips relevant, the narrative strong and interesting. This is a good thing to show older children and young adults. The generation that lived this history is dying off and the historical impact of this information is important to understanding our country, the challenges it has faced, and how things we take for granted simply were not there.