American Masters
Harper Lee: Hey Boo (#2504)
Explore the phenomenon behind To Kill a Mockingbird and the mysterious life of its author. [86 minutes]
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American Masters | Harper Lee: Hey, Boo | PBS (#2504)
Full Program: Discover how how the beloved novel To Kill A Mockingbird came to be written 01:24:40
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American Masters | Mark Childress on To Kill a... (#2504)
Childress explains how the character Scout had a radical viewpoint in the segregated south 02:37
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American Masters | Wally Lamb on To Kill a... (#2504)
The acclaimed author discusses To Kill a Mockingbird as an agent of radical change 03:05
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American Masters | James McBride on To Kill a... (#2504)
Full Program: McBride reflects on Harper Lee's subtle activism and the role of writers in civil rights 03:29
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American Masters | Richard Russo on To Kill a... (#2504)
The Pulitzer Prize winning author discusses the impact of Harper Lee's characters 03:35
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Series Description: AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Created in 1984 by Susan Lacy and produced by Thirteen/WNET for national public television, the series is both a celebration and an exploration of creativity in America. Consisting of more than 250 hours of programming to date, AMERICAN MASTERS is a growing film library documenting the role important individuals, groups, and movements have played in the formation of our cultural identity.
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Past Episodes
These episodes of American Masters aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Hollywood Chinese (#2202)
- Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character (#2008)
- James Levine: America's Maestro (#2403)
- Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (#2109)
- John Muir in the New World (#2402)
- Trumbo (#2205)
- Philip Roth: Unmasked (#2603)
- Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound (#2206)
- Neil Young: Don't Be Denied (#2203)
- Cab Calloway: Sketches (#2502)
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (#2501)
- Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel (#2503)
- Harper Lee: Hey Boo (#2504)
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll (#2602)