Harper Lee
7/10/2015 | 1h 23m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the mysterious life of Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird
One of the biggest American bestsellers of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) was thought to be the first and only novel by Harper Lee. However, on July 14, 2015, Go Set a Watchman was released, featuring characters from Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The film originally aired July 10, 2015, as an update to Mary McDonagh Murphy’s 2012 documentary, Harper Lee: Hey, Boo.
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Harper Lee
7/10/2015 | 1h 23m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
One of the biggest American bestsellers of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) was thought to be the first and only novel by Harper Lee. However, on July 14, 2015, Go Set a Watchman was released, featuring characters from Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The film originally aired July 10, 2015, as an update to Mary McDonagh Murphy’s 2012 documentary, Harper Lee: Hey, Boo.
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In an American Masters exclusive, Murphy reports on meeting with Lee on June 30, 2015. (13m)
Harper Lee Live Q&A: Joy Brown and Mary McDonagh Murphy
Questions about Harper Lee, her history and her new novel are answered in a live Q&A. (30m 11s)
An updated version of Mary McDonagh Murphy’s 2012 film in time for Harper Lee's new book. (1m 49s)
James McBride on To Kill a Mockingbird
McBride reflects on Harper Lee's subtle activism and the role of writers in civil rights (3m 29s)
Mark Childress on To Kill a Mockingbird
Childress explains how the character Scout had a radical viewpoint in the segregated south (2m 37s)
Richard Russo on To Kill a Mockingbird
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