Sunday, October 4, 2015

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women' 2009


American Masters: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women (2015) DVD - shopPBS.org     This film is Season 23, Episode 8 of the American Masters series and based on a novel by Harriet Reisen.  There are many interesting details in this account of the life of a very prolific American female writer.  She wrote many sensational novels under the name A. M. Barnard in order to support herself and her family.  She went to Europe during the time of the Civil War, she was a feminist and an abolitionist during a time when both were unpopular.  Much of the dialogue is related using her words and the scenes are done in re-enactments.
     There are many surprises in this film about the background of Louisa, she could barely keep still and as a young girl, she liked to run and she did that often.  She was home schooled by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.  She served as a nurse in the Civil war until she became ill with scarlet fever.  There is lots of additional information about her life.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

84 min, TV Episode, Doc directed by Nancy Porter with Elizabeth Marvel, Daniel Gerroll, Emily Sarah Stikeman, Jane Alexander, Dossy Peabody, Molly Schreiber, Haley Garvin, Marianna Bassham, Maggie Quigley, Linda Amendola, Ellen Adair, Anna Frinklestein, Elarnor Farris, Ken Cheeseman, Beno Chapman.

Note:  Imdb 7.7 out of 10, 100% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, PBS 4*.

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