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Betty Ford, the real deal, writer, producer, director, Mary Beth Durkin ; executive producer Susan L. Mills ; [produced by McNeil/Lehrer Productions]

Label
Betty Ford, the real deal, writer, producer, director, Mary Beth Durkin ; executive producer Susan L. Mills ; [produced by McNeil/Lehrer Productions]
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Betty Ford
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
writer, producer, director, Mary Beth Durkin ; executive producer Susan L. Mills ; [produced by McNeil/Lehrer Productions]
Runtime
60
Sub title
the real deal
Summary
Documentary portrait of Betty Ford, one of the most influential modern first ladies, drawn from an interview by presidential historian Michael Beschloss. Additional interviews with the Ford family, friends and historians and photos, home movies, film from the White House years and new material shot at the Betty Ford Center and around her home in Rancho Mirage, California. Highlights include her support of the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion rights and her battle with drug and alcohol addiction which led to the founding of the Betty Ford Center in California
Technique
live action
Classification