American Masters · SEASON 28
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Episode 3 · 2014-02-07
- Documentary
Episode overview
A profile of writer Alice Walker, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (for her 1982 novel "The Color Purple"). Included: remarks from Walker; Danny Glover; Quincy Jones; Sapphire; Steven Spielberg; and Howard Zinn. Filmmaker Pratibha Parmar’s new documentary tells Walker’s dramatic life story with poetry and lyricism, and features new interviews with Walker, Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Gloria Steinem, Sapphire and the late Howard Zinn in one of his final interviews.
90 minutes
Season 28 episodes
1. Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love2013-12-27
2. Salinger2014-01-21
3. Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth2014-02-07
4. A Fierce Green Fire2014-04-22
5. Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself2014-05-16
6. Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun2014-06-20
7. Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning2014-08-29
8. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work2014-09-23
9. The Boomer List2014-09-23
10. Bing Crosby Rediscovered2014-12-02
