Film

Helen and the Bear

20241h 21mDocumentary

Director: Alix Blair
Year: 2024

As her storied and rebellious Congressman husband enters his final years, civil rights activist Helen H. McCloskey reflects on their unusual decades-long relationship, the pressure of living in the public eye, and what the two of them had to leave behind to make it work.

Top cast

Helen Hooper McCloskey

Pete McCloskey

Directed by

Alix Blair

Written by

Katrina Taylor, Alix Blair

Produced by

Alix Blair, Rebekah Fergusson, Jenny Slattery, Lauren Kushner