The Roosevelts: An Intimate History is a 2014 American documentary television miniseries directed and produced by Ken Burns.
Actors read lines of various historical figures and a series of noted commentators give background information.
The series premiered to positive reviews and was nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Peter Coyote for Outstanding Narrator in the first episode.
[18] According to critic James Poniewozik of Time magazine, "The Roosevelts tells the story of the American 20th century in triptych.
When it's over — when you make it through the marathon that is Ken Burns's beautiful, seven-part documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, ... you may find yourself with a lingering, nebulous grief.