8 August 2026

Join the International Churchill Society and the FDR Presidential Library and Museum on Saturday, August 8 at 1:00 p.m. for a free public program with Malcolm Venville, director of Netflix’s Churchill at War and FDR.

In conversation with ICS Executive Director Adam Howard, Venville will share film selections and explore the enduring significance of the Churchill–Roosevelt partnership and Anglo-American relations. 

Register here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/5uwa2xs/lp/dffa187e-a637-4fc2-a79a-f14389302f18

Questions: events@winstonchurchill.org

The Atlantic Charter and a New World Order

In August 1941, months before the United States formally entered the war, Churchill and Roosevelt met aboard naval vessels off Newfoundland. The result was the Atlantic Charter.

Its principles were ambitious: self-determination, economic cooperation, freedom of the seas, and collective security. Though drafted during crisis, it provided intellectual scaffolding for the United Nations and the postwar liberal order.
Churchill later described the meeting as one of the most important of his life. Roosevelt understood that American public opinion had to be moved gradually, but decisively.

Their partnership fused moral clarity with political realism.

Malcolm Venville

Malcolm Venville is a renowned photographer and filmmaker whose career spans advertising, narrative film, and documentary. He earned a degree in Film, Video, and Photographic Arts from the Polytechnic of Central London and first rose to prominence through award-winning commercial photography and advertising campaigns before moving into filmmaking, where his work has been recognized for its emotional depth and striking visual style. His feature films include 44 Inch Chest (2009) and Henry’s Crime (2010).

In recent years, Venville has directed acclaimed historical documentaries such as Grant (2020), Abraham Lincoln (2022), Theodore Roosevelt (2022), FDR (2023), and most recently, Churchill at War (2024), bringing the drama of leadership under pressure vividly to life. He has also published photographic books including Layers, Lucha Loco, and The Women of Casa X, which explore identity, culture, and memory through portraiture.