
Walt & El Grupo
IMDB:
5.9
Released
9/8/2008
Duration
1h 46m
Genre
Documentary, Family
Country
Brazil
Cast
Walt Disney, Diane Disney, John Canemaker
Overview
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 Hollywood’s 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 & EL GRUPO chronicles the amazing ten-week trip that Walt Disney and his hand-picked group of artists and filmmaking talent (later known as “El Grupo”) took to South America at the behest of the U.S. Government as part of the Good Neighbor Policy.

Walt & El Grupo
IMDB:
5.9Released
9/8/2008
Genre
Documentary, Family
Cast
Walt Disney, Diane Disney, John Canemaker
Duration
1h 46m
Country
Brazil
Overview
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 Hollywood’s 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 & EL GRUPO chronicles the amazing ten-week trip that Walt Disney and his hand-picked group of artists and filmmaking talent (later known as “El Grupo”) took to South America at the behest of the U.S. Government as part of the Good Neighbor Policy.
Cast

Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney

Self
Diane Disney

Self
John Canemaker

Self
Blaine Gibson

Self
J.B. Kaufman

Self
Flávio Barroso

Self
Lydia Bodrero

Self
Harriet Burns

Self
Josefina Molina Chazarreta

Self
Juan Carlos González

Self
Janet Lansburgh

Self









