Celebrate Mister Rogers' birthday with first trailer for upcoming documentary
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Fred Rogers and David Newell, as Speedy Delivery's Mr. McFeely, stand on the front porch set while filming an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Thursday is WQED 'Cardigan Day' to honor the late Fred Rogers. The station will set up four locations with sweaters where fans can take a selfie and post it to social media with the hashtag #cardiganday and #sweaterweather.
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Fred Rogers with Daniel Tiger from his show 'Mister' Rogers Neighborhood' in the film, 'Won't You Be My Neighbor.'
This has been the year of Fred Rogers, even though he died 15 years ago.
Today we celebrate his 90th birthday, and Focus Features has released the first trailer of its upcoming documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville ("20 Feet from Stardom"), the film is a portrait of a man whom we all think we know. It goes behind the scenes and into the creative genius of Rogers, who inspired generations of children
The movie will be released in select theaters on June 8.
Here's a clip that was released earlier this year from the film.
