The families of historical figures including Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr. are taking part in a new docuseries from “Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy” outfit Cineflix Productions.
Titled “The Descendants,” the new series has exclusive access to the families of Gandhi, Roosevelt, Churchill and King, who will share private collections of archival materials and intimate, untold stories.
The four-part premium documentary anthology will explore what it’s like “to honor and uphold” the legacies of global icons through the perspectives of their direct descendants.
Executive producers include J.C. Mills for Cineflix Productions as well as Valerie LoCascio and Anne Kenny. Gandhi also will serve as an executive producer.
Each episode will be guided by a relative of the featured icon:
• Gandhi: Great-granddaughter Amrita Gandhi, author and TV host, will introduce viewers to Gandhi’s family members, including grandsons Gopalkrishna...
Titled “The Descendants,” the new series has exclusive access to the families of Gandhi, Roosevelt, Churchill and King, who will share private collections of archival materials and intimate, untold stories.
The four-part premium documentary anthology will explore what it’s like “to honor and uphold” the legacies of global icons through the perspectives of their direct descendants.
Executive producers include J.C. Mills for Cineflix Productions as well as Valerie LoCascio and Anne Kenny. Gandhi also will serve as an executive producer.
Each episode will be guided by a relative of the featured icon:
• Gandhi: Great-granddaughter Amrita Gandhi, author and TV host, will introduce viewers to Gandhi’s family members, including grandsons Gopalkrishna...
- 12/6/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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