Traveling Hopefully
1982 film
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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.
Directed byJohn G. Avildsen
Produced bySteven Haft
StarringRoger Nash Baldwin
Norman Lear
Norman Lear
Music byBill Conti
| Traveling Hopefully | |
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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 |
Reaction
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]
