fred rogers. >> brown: "mr. rogers neighborhood" had its national debut on public television in 1968. original episodes and re-runs would air until 2001. the show quickly hit a chord with children across the country. >> mr. rogers? >> yes? >> i want to tell you something. >> what would you like to tell me? >> i like you. >> i like you, my dear. thank you very much for telling me that. >> reporter: a presbyterianed minister who s child psychology, rogers was on a mission, says neville: to harness the power of television to reach and teach children, but without any high tech glitz. >> ie always felt that i didve not have to ha funny hat or jump through hoops to have a relationship with that child. >> for fred rogers, television was almost the necessary evil to do what he wanted to do with his mission. and he knew that from the moment he first saw television and really changed his l course. but at the same time he hated television. so in a certain way he's the least likely tv star of all time. >> did youver know an

rbg and fred rogers deliver that. those films deliver that. tom: other documentaries doing well include "three identical starngers," the ultimately d story of triplets separated at birth and reunited as adults, and a biogphy of the late singer whitney houston. there is talk of a renaissance in documentary fms. >> part of it is hollywood no longer makes films for adults. and particularly in the summer it is difficult to find films that adults want to see. documentaries have become perfect counterprogramming for that. tom: it is too early to tell whether the current popularity of documentaries is a temporary phenomenonsponse to troubled times, or whether it marks a change in cultural taste towards big-screen entertainment rsat is real and different from superhero blockbus tom brook, bbc news, new york. piece has just reminded me how behind i am on movie viing. good that there's a lot to look forward to. you canind all of the day's news on our website, and to see what we are workingn any time, do check us out on twitter. i am jane o'brien. thanks

. ♪ would you be mine >>> for more than three decades fred rogers educated and entertained children withprogram "mr. rogers' neighborhood." his legacy is documented in the new film "won't you be my neighbor." one of those neighbors was officer clements, francois clemons was one of the first african-american actors with a recurring role on a tv series. in our series "note to self" clemons writes words of encouragement to his younger self. >> my dear little buttercup. yes, that's what we all used to call you. sweet little buttercup. one day, if you stay focused, folks will know who you are, and they won't tease you about being sweet. but for a while they will tease you about that and singing and wanting to play the piano and dancing and playing with jacks. you're going to have many experiences as a little black boy growing up, particularly because you like being with the girls, and so you find yourself constantly feeling like an outsider. for whatever reason you don't want to do what the other boys are doing. you will discover that you are who you are and it cannot be te that feature someo

. ♪ would you be mine could you be mine won't you be my neighbor ♪ >> it was fred rogers who made itnce of kids like they were human beings. >> there are some new things that are very difficult to understand in a newspaper. >> every now and then i think back to mr. rogers and i think, he would say don't be scared, life is good, life is special. >> everybody is so special because everybody is different. >> just go and do the thing you love. that always stuck with me. >> see you tomorrow. ♪ can you tell me how to get how to get to sesame street ♪ >> "sesame street" introduced my children to the interaction of people with different backgrounds. ♪ it's not that easy being green ♪ >> count it. >> count that penny? >> yeah, count it. >> okay. >> count. >> one. >> "sesame street" was aggressive in terms of learning not only concepts of reading, but concepts of interacting. >> i may be small. >> i may be small. >> but i am. >> but i am. >> somebody. >> somebody. >> "sesame street" was as big as it got in terms of celebrity. everybody wanted to hang with the muppets. >> aren't you johnny tras

roger baldwin sent a memo to all chapters are. is this policy was to support the american plan and some lawyers did represent women suing for their freedom most norm -- the man who representative fredkorematsu. he was only worried about innocent women but by failing between innocent and guilty he helped legitimize the american plan. this is not ancient history. as i noted earlier all of the laws and that is it allowed on the books they literally laid the groundwork for the expansion of mass incarceration of women. where i live in connecticut the correctional institute was founded in 1910 specifically to lock up women under the american plan. professor of mine from north carolina when she was a child was at samarkand which is the home for doing what women. that was also founded in 1910 specifically to lock up women under the american plan. some of these institutions became general presence until a couple of years ago. the main prison in virginia was a city farm created and burn down twice by women under the american plan. how many people in this room remember the old navy hospital? in the 1930s it did just that. not only did this lay the groundwork but these laws weren't invoked rel