From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this emotional and moving film takes us beyond the zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination.
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” doesn’t deify Rogers, but it makes a strong argument that as a neighbor, he was one of a kind.”-Detroit News
“As Oscar winner Morgan Neville’s timely, tear-duct lubricating documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” makes clear, the easily parodied, often underestimated icon of children’s television was a total badass”-Salon
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? opens today at Sun-Ray Cinema.