Traveling Hopefully

Traveling Hopefully
Traveling Hopefully
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.
Release date	1982;
Running time	29 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[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.

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]

References

^ "NY Times: Traveling Hopefully". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
^ Maslin, Janet (January 6, 1982). "FILM: WATER POLLUTION AND ROGER BALDWIN PROFILE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
^ O'Connor, John J. (May 14, 1982). "TV WEEKEND; 'MARCO POLO,' 'PAIK ON THE AIR,' A.C.L.U. FOUNDER". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2021.

External links

Traveling Hopefully at "The Reel Mudd" the audiovisual blog of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
The short film Traveling Hopefully is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
Traveling Hopefully on YouTube, posted by Princeton University
Traveling Hopefully at IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] "NY Times: Traveling Hopefully". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2008.

[2] Maslin, Janet (January 6, 1982). "FILM: WATER POLLUTION AND ROGER BALDWIN PROFILE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2021.

[3] O'Connor, John J. (May 14, 1982). "TV WEEKEND; 'MARCO POLO,' 'PAIK ON THE AIR,' A.C.L.U. FOUNDER". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2021.

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