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Becoming Katharine Graham

Becoming Katharine Graham (2025)★ 8.1/10

US · 92 min · February 27, 2025

  • Documentary
  • Biography

Directed by: George Kunhardt, Teddy Kunhardt

After tragedy struck, a timid woman transformed into a fearless newspaper publisher who challenged Nixon during Watergate. Kay's journey from shy spouse to media pioneer broke gender barriers and earned a Pulitzer.

Directed by

George KunhardtTeddy Kunhardt

Cast & crew

Katharine GrahamSelf - Publisher, The Washington Post (archiveFootage)Warren BuffettSelf - Friend & InvestorLynn PovichSelf - Newsweek 1966 - 1991Donald GrahamSelf - Katharine Graham's SonLally WeymouthSelf - Katharine Graham's DaughterDavid RemnickSelf - The Washington Post 1982 - 1992Osborn ElliottSelf - Newsweek 1955 - 1976 (archiveFootage)Gloria SteinemSelf - Friend & ActivistCarl BernsteinSelf - The Washington Post 1966 - 1977Sharon OsbergSelf - Friend & Bridge PartnerRobert KaiserSelf - The Washington Post 1964 - 2014Richard CohenSelf - The Washington Post 1976 - 2019Ben BradleeSelf - The Washington Post 1965 - 1991 (archiveFootage)Bob WoodwardSelf - The Washington Post 1971 - PresentJim LehrerSelf - Journalist (archiveFootage)Jim HoaglandSelf - The Washington PostSusie Buffet Jr.Self - FriendCourtland MilloySelf - White House Press Secretary 1975 - PresentJohn DeanSelf - White House Counsel 1970 - 1973Meryl StreepSelf - Actor (archiveFootage)Eugene MeyerSelf - Katharine Graham's Father (archiveFootage)Agnes MeyerSelf - Katharine Graham's Mother (archiveFootage)Phil GrahamSelf - Katharine Graham's Husband (archiveFootage)Walter AnnenbergSelf - Ambassador (archiveFootage) (voice)Ed BradleySelf - 60 Minutes Correspondent (archiveFootage)Alexander ButterfieldSelf - Deputy Assistant to President Nixon 1969 - 1973 (archiveFootage)John ChancellorSelf - Host, NBC Nightly News (archiveFootage)Charles ColsonSelf - Special Counsel (archiveFootage) (voice)Walter CronkiteSelf - Host, CBS Evening News (archiveFootage)John EhrlichmanSelf - Chief Domestic Advisor (archiveFootage) (voice)Alexander HaigSelf - General (archiveFootage) (voice)H.R. HaldemanSelf - Chief of Staff (archiveFootage) (voice)J. Edgar HooverSelf - FBI Director (archiveFootage) (voice)Lady Bird JohnsonSelf - First Lady of the United States 1963 - 1969 (archiveFootage) (voice)Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - 36th President of the United States (archiveSound)John F. KennedySelf - 35th President of the United States (archiveFootage)Clare Boothe LuceSelf - Wife of Henry Luce (archiveFootage)Henry LuceSelf - Co-Founder of Time Magazine (archiveFootage)John MitchellSelf - Attorney General (archiveFootage) (voice)Roger MuddSelf - Host, CBS Evening News (archiveFootage)Edward R. MurrowSelf - Host, Person to Person (archiveFootage)Richard NixonSelf - 37th President of the United States (archiveSound)Dan RatherSelf - CBS News Correspondent (archiveFootage)Tim RussertSelf - Host, Meet the Press (archiveFootage)Carole SimpsonSelf - ABC News Correspondent (archiveFootage)Howard K. SmithSelf - Host, ABC Evening News (archiveFootage)Ronald L. ZieglerSelf - White House Press Secretary 1969 - 1974 (archiveFootage) (voice)