In 2016, director Morgan Neville began the official production of the documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor?". Before filming, Morgan Neville also visited the Fred Rogers Center in Pittsburgh, where he spent a day browsing the materials to better understand where the story was going. Morgan Neville and Fred Rogers' wife Joanne had a lengthy discussion. Morgan Neville didn't want to make the project a Fred Rogers biopic, he was going to make a film about Fred Rogers' thoughts. Morgan Neville's idea was supported by Joanne, who provided him with plenty of material about Fred Rogers
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Won't You Be My Neighbor? background creation
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Extended Reading
Won't You Be My Neighbor? quotes
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Fred Rogers: The greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they're loved and capable of loving.
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Margaret Whitmer: If you take all of the elements that make good television and do the exact opposite, you have "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". Low production values, simple set, an unlikely star. Yet, it worked.