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The Making of Unladylike2020
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Director Charlotte Mangin discusses what went into making Unladylike2020.
American Masters, committed to producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history.
Video description: Bernadette Peters on meeting Mel Brooks and the impact of his humor: “As far as he would go with jokes, like in Blazing Saddles he’ll get away with things because they were truly funny.” Peters was interviewed on September 4, 2012 for American Masters – Mel Brooks: Make A Noise (2013).
The co-directors of "Mae West: Dirty Blonde," Sally Rosenthal and Julia Marchesi, discuss how Mae West inspired them.
The daughter of sharecropper in rural Texas, Bessie Coleman grew up picking cotton and eventually became the first African American woman aviator. Coleman became a media sensation with her daredevil performances, and was hailed as “Queen Bess” and “the world’s greatest woman flier.” Throughout her brief career, Coleman refused to perform in American airshows where audiences were segregated.
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