The Ethos of the Greatest Generation
Harvey Kaye, Emeritus Professor of Democracy at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, examines how the Four Freedoms came to define America’s purpose, promise, and responsibility to the world.
Thinking Out Loud about "Video Production"
FDR and Drake Creative at the Soho Film Festival
Jeff Urbin, FDR Presidential Library’s education specialist, Dean Temple and Alex Tuller attended the Soho International Film Festival this weekend where our animated documentary Everyone Has the Right showed on the two-story tall movie screen as part of the Shorts Program D: SPRING STREET SERIES at the historic Village East Theater in New York City.
Everyone Has the Right selected for Soho Intl Film Festival
Our animated film written, directed and produced for the FDR Presidential Library and Museum will get its New York Theatrical premiere in early October as part of the Soho International Film Festival.
The Roosevelt Story Conversations – “Equality and the Constitution: A Conversation with Kermit Roosevelt III and John Q. Barrett”
In commemoration of the Day of Remembrance (February 19, 2022*), FDR Library Acting Director William Harris talks to historian Greg Robinson, author of several books on Japanese American Incarceration, including: By Order of the President and A Tragedy of Democracy. Directed and produced by Drake Creative.
The Roosevelt Story – Inside the Archives: FDR and the Politics of Celebrity
We were completely entertained filming Acting Director Bill Harris with these Glamorous Celebrities’ archival letters. You can tell he loves this topic and we hope you’ll enjoy watching this quick edition of The Roosevelt Story.
“Everyone Has the Right” Named Rhode Island Festival Semi Finalist
The Oscar-qualifying Flickers Rhode Island Intl Film Festival has named our animated film “Everyone Has the Right” – produced for the FDR Presidential Library – a 2022 Semi Finalist.
Framing a space
Walking into the room we see freshly painted walls in a lovely lavender flooded with natural light, a few chairs, a conference table, and we think – this will do.
Deeper Understandings of Our Past and Present in the Digital Sphere
Digital scholarship changes the way we understand the past. By increasing the accessibility of research tools, digital collections and archives make a previously unachievable depth of research and discovery possible.
Getting Comfortable With Being At Home
You remember those first days of lockdown? That rudderless feeling of not knowing what comes next? Wondering how you’re going to sustain the things you’ve been working on?
The Roosevelt Story, Episode 6: Museum Exhibit: FDR’s Final Campaign
“FDR’s Final Campaign” immerses visitors in the final momentous months of President Roosevelt’s life and presidency.