In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII begins, an American boy visits abroad, and an American soldier enlists in the army.
"American: An Odyssey to 1947" embarks on a compelling journey through the transformative era of the early 1930s and 40s in American History. The film follows the rise and fall of Orson Welles, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, while interweaving stories of diverse individuals amidst the backdrop of the Great Depression, World War II, and the dropping of the atomic bomb.—clearer explanation of story