Father Edward J. Flanagan is a familiar name to many Americans, often for the Oscar-winning 1938 film starring Spencer Tracy about Flanagan’s groundbreaking child welfare organization. But the story extends far beyond that, to a man whose name and legacy are still well-known as far as Germany and Japan. Flanagan gained influence and admiration over the course of his life from Presidents, CEOs, celebrities and more, but none mattered more to him than that of the children for whom he tirelessly worked. A sobering reminder of this was during WWII, as Flanagan saw droves of former Boys Town citizens go off to war. In fact, so many former Boys Town boys named Flanagan as their next of kin that the American War Dads Association named him as America’s No. 1 War Dad.
Daniel Gebert
Director, Writer
Kelly Cunningham
Writer
Rob Kaczmark
Director
Jonathan Roumie
Narrator (voice)
Edward Flanagan
Self (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy
Fr. Edward Flanagan (archive footage)
Night Will Fall76%
Salinger63%
Padomju stāsts73%
Our Godfather66%
City 4062%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
The Look of Silence78%
The Bloody Hundredth71%
The Last Days74%
Why We Fight: Prelude to War64%
Tabloid64%
Val71%
The Interrupters67%
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb77%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Whitney: Can I Be Me65%
That's Entertainment!73%
To Be Takei71%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
