Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2018 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Morgan Neville |
| Cast | Fred Rogers, Joanne Rogers, François Clemmons, Yo-Yo Ma, Joe Negri |
| Genre | Documentary |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | – |
| Español | ¿Quieres ser mi vecino? | Quieres ser mi vecino |
| Français | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Won’t You Be My Neighbor |
| Deutsch | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Won’t You Be My Neighbor |
| Português | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Won’t You Be My Neighbor |
| Italiano | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Won’t You Be My Neighbor |
| Русский | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Won’t You Be My Neighbor |
| 中文（简体） | 愿你成为我的邻居吗？ | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 願你成為我的鄰居嗎？ | – |
| 한국어 | 내 이웃이 되어 줄래요? | Nae iusi doeeo jullaeyo |
| ไทย | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Won’t You Be My Neighbor |
| Tiếng Việt | Bạn sẽ là hàng xóm của tôi chứ? | Ban se la hang xom cua toi chu |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Won’t You Be My Neighbor |
| 日本語 | ミスター・ロジャースのご近所さんになろう | Misuta Rojazu no Gokinjo-san ni Narou |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which radical gentleness and mass-media cynicism collide within children’s public education
■ Synopsis
A documentary portrait of Fred Rogers and his long effort to treat children’s inner lives with moral seriousness through television.
■ RECIPE Tags
#RadicalGentleness #ChildhoodDignity #MoralEducation #PublicKindness
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Children as full persons
Reason: The work treats children not as passive viewers but as morally serious human beings
Related Film: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - Middle: Media as moral space
Reason: Television becomes a site for emotional formation rather than distraction or manipulation
Related Film: Sesame Street - Core: Kindness against cultural cruelty
Reason: The central value is not niceness but disciplined compassion against fear, shame, and social hardness
Related Film: The Elephant Man
■ Secondary Axes
- Public voice and private healing: A gentle public figure becomes a vessel for wounded viewers’ self-recognition
Related Film: Life, Animated - Education and human dignity: Teaching functions as moral recognition before achievement or status
Related Film: To Be and to Have
■ Person
- Director: Morgan Neville
- Cast: Fred Rogers, Joanne Rogers, François Clemmons, Yo-Yo Ma, Joe Negri
■ Structural Tags
#MoralTransmission #MediaFormation #RecognitionStructure
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #2018Film #Documentary
