Everyone Has the Right: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In 1946, Eleanor Roosevelt became chairperson of the newly formed UN Commission on Human Rights, taking a leading role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. "We won the war," she said. "Now we need to work to win the peace."

It took seven drafts over two and half years, but when the General Assembly voted on the declaration, not a single nation opposed it. It has since been translated into 529 languages.

This film includes a curriculum guide from the FDR Presidential Library and Museum Education Department. View curriculum guide»

An official selection of the New York Animation Film Awards for Animation Documentary, the Flicker Rhode Island Film Festival, Hollyshorts, and the Soho Film Festival.

Produced by Drake Creative Collaborative with the Pare Lorentz Center at the FDR
Presidential Library and Museum
Written, directed, and animated by Dean Temple
Illustrated by Richard Prouse
Inspired by the book “A World Made New” by Mary Ann Glendon
Narrated by Adiagha Faizah
Additional Voices: Peter Buck Dettman, Seeyali Siingh, Ella Sardino, Nanda Fox, Gastor
Almonte, Chrystal Bethell, Kazu Kusano, Phoebe Leonard
A project of the Pare Lorentz Center at the FDR Presidential Library,
made possible with generous support from the New York Community Trust