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Dec 28, 2009 · For many readers, Louisa May Alcott is synonymous with her most famous character, Jo March, the spirited sister in Little Women. But author and filmmaker Harriet Reisen says Alcott's life "was...
To make Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, Producer-Writer Harriet Reisen and Producer-Director Nancy Porter worked from a script drawn from primary sources and filmed in many original locations, using documentary and dramatic techniques of the historical documentary, as well as experimental and flash animation, green-screen, and ...
Louisa’s Civil War. FROM CHAPTER ELEVEN: I’ve Often Longed to See a War. Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, by Harriet Reisen. By 1862, as she approached her thirtieth birthday Louisa was restless, and hungry for adventure before it was too late. “Decided to go to Washington as a nurse if I could find a place,” she wrote ...
The film is directed/produced by Emmy Award winner Nancy Porter and written/produced by Harriet Reisen, author of the biography of the same title published by Henry Holt and Company.
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In this absorbing biography, Harriet Reisen examines the intriguing life of Louisa May Alcott.
Harriet Reisen, a former fellow in screenwriting at the American Film Institute, has written dramatic and historical documentary scripts for PBS and HBO, including the forthcoming PBS documentary of Louisa May Alcott.
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A Conversation with Harriet Reisen. Download “A Conversation with Writer Harriet Reisen” Q: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s most famous work, has had a worldwide influence over generations of women since its first publication 140 years ago. What impact has Alcott and her writing had on your life?
