The American Collection
The American Collection was a spinoff series of PBS. This was a widely acclaimed limited run program.
History
This program featured film adaptations by renowned works by American literary giants, and debuted in October 2000. The films are produced by WGBH and ALT films.
Theme music
The theme for this series was created by John Williams, and featured cellist Yo-Yo Ma. It can be listened to here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/music.html
Title design
Karin Fong, Dana Yee and Grant Lau won a 2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design for their work on this series.[1]
Programs
- Thornton Wilder's Our Town[2]
- Esmeralda Santiago's Almost a Woman[3]
- James Agee's A Death in the Family[4]
- Eudora Welty's The Ponder Heart[5]
- Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark[6]
- Henry James's The American[7]
- Langston Hughes's Cora Unashamed[8] (a short story from his 1934 collection The Ways of White Folks)
References
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- ^ "Our Town (TV Movie 2003)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Almost a Woman (TV Movie 2002)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "A Death in the Family (TV Movie 2002)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "The Ponder Heart (TV Movie 2001)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "The Song of the Lark (TV Movie 2001)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "The American (TV Movie 1998)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Cora Unashamed (TV Movie 2000)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.