Walt & El Grupo

With the world on the brink of war, and the Nazi influence growing in South America, the U.S. Government sought help from a bunch of artists.

Walt & El Grupo — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 8, 2008
• Runtime
• 106 min
• Genres
• Documentary, Family
• Director
• Theodore Thomas

Walt & El Grupo — Cast

Walt Disney Self (archive footage) Diane Disney Self John Canemaker Self Blaine Gibson Self J.B. Kaufman Self

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Flávio Barroso Self

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Lydia Bodrero Self

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Harriet Burns Self