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‘Frances Perkins’ Biopic in Works: True Story of FDR’s Secretary of Labor Who Was Architect For New Deal
Jennifer Yuma editorJanek Ambros and Assembly Line Entertainment have teamed up with Nando Vila and Pop Front Pictures to produce a biopic on Frances Perkins, the true story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor, who was the architect of the New Deal.Known as the “Mother of Social Security,” Perkins made history as the first woman to serve in any presidential U.S. Cabinet, along with serving the longest as the U.S.
