Studs Terkel: Listening to America

NR 6.9
2009 0 hr 40 min Documentary

For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on TV. This documentary takes a fond and illuminating look back at one of America's most influential authors and media personalities whose curiosity about people never dimmed over the course of a long and brilliant career.

  • Cast:
    Studs Terkel , Bill Clinton , Hillary Clinton

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Reviews

TinsHeadline
2009/05/15

Touches You

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Vashirdfel
2009/05/16

Simply A Masterpiece

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Marva
2009/05/17

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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Dana
2009/05/18

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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