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Norman Lear
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Largely responsible for bold American television in the 1970s, Norman Lear's name is synonymous with the sitcom. From his childhood and early career with his groundbreaking TV success (All in the F...
Largely responsible for bold American television in the 1970s, Norman Lear's name is synonymous with the sitcom. From his childhood and early career with his groundbreaking TV success (All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude) and social activism, Lear proved social change was possible through an unlikely prism - laughter - and created some of the greatest moments in television history.
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- PBS
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- Videos, Slides, Films
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- English
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- [Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2016]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2018
- ©2016
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 31 min., 19 sec)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- Originally released by PBS, 2016.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 01, 2018.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Norman Lear (5:39); Lear's Childhood (4:01); Lear in Hollywood (3:00); Lear and "All in the Family" (7:46); Lear and Archie Bunker (5:02); Lear and World War II (8:06); Lear and Women's Rights (8:52); Lear and "Good Times" (9:23); Lear and "The Jeffersons" (5:15); Lear as a Television Mogul (7:56); Lear and Political Activism (7:06); Lear and Family Life (5:20); Lear and his Father (7:08); Lear's View on Life (3:52); Credits: Norman Lear (2:32)