American Masters | Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women with Filmmakers Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen

The American Masters film Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women combines documentary and dramatic re-enactments focusing on the trailblazing author of The Great American Read novel Little Women. Alcott has a reputation as a morally upstanding New England writer, raised among reformers, iconoclasts, and Transcendentalists. The film also explores her democratic ideals and progressive values about women, and her secret career as author A.M. Barnard, writing pulp fiction for years. Director Nancy Porter and Producer Harriet Reisen will be available for a talkback following both screenings. Learn more about the film and filmmakers on the American Masters site.

In conjunction with The Great American Read, THIRTEEN will host four free screening days at the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center, home to the PBS NewsHour Weekend, MetroFocus, and NYC-ARTS in New York City. The film screenings take place monthly from July through October.

Screenings will feature documentaries from THIRTEEN’s acclaimed American Masters series focused on authors and novels from The Great American Read’s most-loved novels list. There will be two screenings each day, with lunchtime showings at 1pm and evening screenings at 7pm. American Masters filmmakers and producers will be present at some showings. Stop by for a viewing and to cast your vote for your favorite book on the The Great American Read list. . . you may even end up on THIRTEEN! Doors open 20 minutes before the screening and seating is first-come, first-served.

Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center, 
130 West 66th Street, SW Corner of Broadway, 
New York, NY 10023

1pm and 7pm