Walt & El Grupo

With the world on the brink of war, and the Nazi influence growing in South America, the U.S. Government sought help from a bunch of artists.

APPROPIATE

2008 / 106min.

Rating5.921

Genres

Documentary

Family

Synopsis

The year was 1941, and the world was on the brink of war. In an effort to improve relations between the Americas, the Roosevelt administration called upon one of Hollywood’s most influential filmmakers to embark on a special goodwill tour. Written and directed by Theodore Thomas (“Frank and Ollie”) and produced by Kuniko Okubo, the documentary WALT & EL GRUPO chronicles the amazing ten-week trip that Walt Disney and his hand-picked group of artists and filmmaking talent (later known as “El Grupo”) took to South America at the behest of the U.S. Government as part of the Good Neighbor Policy.

Directors

Actors

Walt Disney

Diane Disney

Blaine Gibson

John Canemaker

Janet Lansburgh

J.B. Kaufman

Flávio Barroso

Lydia Bodrero

Harriet Burns

Josefina Molina Chazarreta

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