“She is not just an American Master, she is an American treasure.
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“Rita Moreno has won every major award – the Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony – for good reason,” said Michael Kantor, American Masters series executive producer. It is about time that she takes her rightful place amongst her peers on American Masters.” “Her life, talent and career is a masterclass in the American dream.
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Full stop,” said executive producer Lin-Manuel Miranda. American Masters' new documentary on Norman Lear features interviews with the TV sitcom legend himself, plus George Clooney, Jon Stewart, Amy Poehler, Mel Brooks, Lena Dunham, Carl and Rob Reiner. And her story, an inspiration to so many, is one that should live on forever.” Her talent, her activism, her life – all worthy of an audience. “There’s no woman more deserving of the American Masters stamp. “When I learned from my producing partner, Brent Miller, that a film had not yet been made on Rita Moreno, I couldn’t believe it and suggested we make it together,” said executive producer Norman Lear. “It is not something she or I could ever have imagined. “How I wish my Puerto Rican mother were alive to see this: her child’s story being celebrated by the likes of American Masters,” said Moreno. With unprecedented access to Lear, his work and his massive personal archives, American Masters Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You combines stories from his turbulent childhood and. Lear, Miranda and Michael Kantor exec produce with Brent Miller as producer, Mariem Perez as producer and director and Ilia Velez as co-producer. American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and those who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States. Juan Pablo Di Pace Sets Feature Directorial Debut 'For Another Time' Norman Lear & Brent Miller To Exec Produce The Puerto Rican-born actress is the subject of an American Masters documentary, Rita Moreno Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It,’’ airing Tuesday at 9 p.m.