Traveling Hopefully
{{short description|1982 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Traveling Hopefully
| image =
| caption =
| director = John G. Avildsen
| producer = Steven Haft
| writer =
| starring = Roger Nash Baldwin
Norman Lear
| music = Bill Conti
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = Arnuthfonyus Films
| distributor = Films Inc.
| released = {{film date|1982}}
| runtime = 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.{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300480/Traveling-Hopefully/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016171646/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300480/Traveling-Hopefully/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=NY Times: Traveling Hopefully |access-date=December 2, 2008}} 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".{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Maslin| first = Janet| title = FILM: WATER POLLUTION AND ROGER BALDWIN PROFILE| work = The New York Times| access-date = 2021-04-19| date = 1982-01-06| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/06/movies/film-water-pollution-and-roger-baldwin-profile.html}} Also writing in the Times, John J. O'Connor stated that Traveling Hopefully "captures, with warmth, the admirable grittiness of an American original".{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = O'Connor| first = John J.| title = TV WEEKEND; 'MARCO POLO,' 'PAIK ON THE AIR,' A.C.L.U. FOUNDER| work = The New York Times| access-date = 2021-04-19| date = 1982-05-14| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/14/arts/tv-weekend-marco-polo-paik-on-the-air-aclu-founder.html}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://blogs.princeton.edu/reelmudd/2010/10/traveling-hopefully-1982/ Traveling Hopefully] at "The Reel Mudd" the audiovisual blog of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
- {{Internet Archive short film|travelinghopefully}}
- {{YouTube|ND_uY_KXGgY|Traveling Hopefully}}, posted by Princeton University
- {{IMDb title|id=0084820|title=Traveling Hopefully}}
{{John G. Avildsen}}
Category:1982 short documentary films
Category:1982 independent films
Category:American short documentary films
Category:American independent films
Category:Films directed by John G. Avildsen
Category:Films scored by Bill Conti
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:English-language short documentary films
Category:English-language independent films
{{short-documentary-film-stub}}