Walt El Grupo (2008)

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 Hollywoods 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 amp EL GRUPO chronicles the amazing tenweek trip that Walt Disney and his handpicked group of artists and filmmaking talent later known as El Grupo took to South America at the behest of the US Government as part of the Good Neighbor Policy