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Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

1h 23m

Explore the story of director, screenwriter and producer Blake Edwards, known for cinema classics such as “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and the “Pink Panther” series.

Episodes

  • Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

    S38 E4 - 1h 23m

    Explore the story of director, screenwriter and producer Blake Edwards, known for cinema classics such as “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and the “Pink Panther” series.

  • The Incomparable Mr. Buckley: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Incomparable Mr. Buckley

    S38 E3 - 1h 40m

    Discover the intellectual evolution and political legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr. See how the author and commentator, one of the foremost public intellectuals in American history, galvanized the modern conservative movement.

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    Moynihan

    S38 E2 - 1h 43m

    Discover the life and legacy of former U.S. Senator and diplomat Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Going beyond the “Moynihan Report,” President Joe Biden, Ta-Nehisi Coates and others reflect on his decades-long fight to end national poverty.

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    HOPPER: An American love story

    S38 E1 - 53m 3s

    Discover the secrets behind Edward Hopper’s most iconic and enigmatic works. Known for “Nighthawks” and other evocative paintings of American life, Hopper has left a lasting impression on our culture. Meet the man behind the brush, and see how his marriage to fellow artist Josephine Nivison Hopper shaped his art and career.

Extras + Features

  • How Julia Alvarez conceived the story for her novel "Afterlife": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Julia Alvarez conceived the story for her novel "Afterlife"

    S38 E5 - 1m 5s

    Julia Alvarez released "Afterlife" in 2020, about a woman dealing with her husband's unexpected death and meeting an undocumented teenager. The book was dedicated to her oldest sister, Maury, who died in 2015, and was Alvarez's way of "[giving] voice to that landscape of aging."

  • The true story behind "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The true story behind "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents"

    S38 E5 - 2m 5s

    Julia Alvarez and her sisters recount the day they had to escape from the Dominican Republic with their parents, because of her father's involvement in a plot to overthrew the dictator, Rafael Trujillo. The experience inspired a scene in her first novel, "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents."

  • Julia Alvarez on the female perspective in "In the Time of the Butterflies": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Julia Alvarez on the female perspective in "In the Time of the Butterflies"

    S38 E5 - 2m 6s

    For her second novel, "In the Time of the Butterflies," Julia Alvarez wanted to write about dictatorship from a female perspective. She chose the stories of the Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, María Teresa and Adela, the first three of which were assassinated by the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic for oppossing the government.

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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    S38 E5 - 1m 58s

    Explore the story of Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez, who burst onto the literary scene and blazed a trail for a generation of Latino authors.

  • How Julia Alvarez was inspired by the working class: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Julia Alvarez was inspired by the working class

    S38 E5 - 2m 52s

    While at the Yaddo writing retreat, Julia Alvarez found herself suffering from writers block. Inspiration struck when she befriended the maids, housekeepers and cooks and heard their stories, and eventually put together her book of poetry, "Housekeeping." "I wanted to write about the lore that comes when women are talking as they're doing their housework," said Alvarez.

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    Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (EAD + OC Trailer)

    S38 E4 - 2m 37s

    Explore the story of director, screenwriter and producer Blake Edwards, known for cinema classics such as “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and the “Pink Panther” series. This version of the trailer contains extended audio description and open captions.

  • When Blake Edwards cast Bo Derek in “10”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    When Blake Edwards cast Bo Derek in “10”

    S38 E4 - 49s

    Blake Edwards was looking to cast the “perfect woman” in his film “10” and offered the role to Bo Derek, whose performance shot her to stardom. “Blake changed my life forever,” said Derek.

  • How Paul Feig discovered directing by watching “The Pink Panther”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Paul Feig discovered directing by watching “The Pink Panther”

    S38 E4 - 1m 16s

    Paul Feig recalls watching “The Pink Panther” for the first time and being enamored by not just the acting, but how the film was being directed. “I remember then watching the credits and seeing, ‘Directed by Blake Edwards,’ and that name just stuck with me,” said Feig in this outtake from “Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames.”

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    Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

    S38 E4 - 2m 14s

    Explore the story of director, screenwriter and producer Blake Edwards, known for cinema classics such as “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and the “Pink Panther” series.

  • Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (ASL Trailer): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (ASL Trailer)

    S38 E4 - 2m 14s

    Explore the story of director, screenwriter and producer Blake Edwards, known for cinema classics such as “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and the “Pink Panther” series. This version of the trailer contains on-screen ASL interpretation.

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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Tuesday
    Sep 17

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Tuesday
    Sep 17

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Wednesday
    Sep 18

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Wednesday
    Sep 18

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Wednesday
    Sep 18

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Wednesday
    Sep 18

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

    Wednesday
    Sep 18

    2 Hours

    The 70-year career of Rita Moreno, one of a select group of entertainers who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.
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    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

    Thursday
    Sep 19

    2 Hours

    The 70-year career of Rita Moreno, one of a select group of entertainers who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.
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    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

    Thursday
    Sep 19

    2 Hours

    The 70-year career of Rita Moreno, one of a select group of entertainers who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.
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    Orozco: Man of Fire

    Friday
    Sep 20

    1 Hour

    Muralist José Clemente Orozco, a leader of the Mexican Renaissance, inspires President Franklin Roosevelt to hire painters to work on public walls during the Great Depression.
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Friday
    Sep 20

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    American Masters

    Orozco: Man of Fire

    Saturday
    Sep 21

    1 Hour

    Muralist José Clemente Orozco, a leader of the Mexican Renaissance, inspires President Franklin Roosevelt to hire painters to work on public walls during the Great Depression.
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    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Saturday
    Sep 21

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    American Masters

    Orozco: Man of Fire

    Saturday
    Sep 21

    1 Hour

    Muralist José Clemente Orozco, a leader of the Mexican Renaissance, inspires President Franklin Roosevelt to hire painters to work on public walls during the Great Depression.
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    American Masters

    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Saturday
    Sep 21

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    American Masters

    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

    Saturday
    Sep 21

    2 Hours

    The 70-year career of Rita Moreno, one of a select group of entertainers who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.
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    American Masters

    Orozco: Man of Fire

    Saturday
    Sep 21

    1 Hour

    Muralist José Clemente Orozco, a leader of the Mexican Renaissance, inspires President Franklin Roosevelt to hire painters to work on public walls during the Great Depression.
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    American Masters

    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Saturday
    Sep 21

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    American Masters

    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Sunday
    Sep 22

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.
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    American Masters

    Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

    Sunday
    Sep 22

    2 Hours

    The work of author Julia Alvarez spans multiple genres and audiences, rangin from nonfiction and poetry to books for children and young adults and literary novels.

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