Landslide: A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover

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"This documentary is a re-examination of the political career of Herbert Hoover. In some ways, it all came as a bit of a surprise--at least in the beginning of his career. Although I knew a bit about pre-presidency Hoover, so much came as a surprise--particularly how he was seen as a great humanitarian during WWI and was such a self-made man. And, the biggest surprise of all is that in the 1920s, his biggest fan was FDR himself! Still, the majority of the film was about his presidency--a presidency that is associated with failure and a deepening of the Great Depression. The film consisted of v..."