{"id":14152,"date":"2021-02-10T01:10:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T07:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=14152"},"modified":"2023-09-10T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T03:17:00","slug":"primetime-dvd-review-american-masters-laura-ingalls-wilder-prairie-to-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/10\/primetime-dvd-review-american-masters-laura-ingalls-wilder-prairie-to-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Primetime DVD Review: &#8220;American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>DVD Review!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B08P3QVXBC\/ref=sr_1_1\/suzannelanoue\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14142\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lauraingallswilderdvd.jpg\" alt=\"American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page DVD cover\" width=\"168\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page&#8221; Review by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 2\/10\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a fascinating documentary, especially for anyone who&#8217;s interested in American history, has read Wilder&#8217;s books or who was a fan of the show &#8220;Little House on the Prairie.&#8221; Laura Ingalls Wilder&#8217;s personal diaries are compared to the fictional accounts of her life (her novels). Of course, her novels are very different from reality.<\/p>\n<p>I really don&#8217;t know why anyone settled in these areas of Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas and North Dakota. Why did they think that they would survive in that weather? It&#8217;s pretty amazing. I&#8217;ve only lived briefly in that kind of weather, and it&#8217;s not for me! On the other hand, I don&#8217;t think living in the South would have been very fun without air conditioning, either.<\/p>\n<p>There are also some great interviews with actors from the TV shows and with author Linda Sue Park, who wrote a &#8220;Little House on the Prairie&#8221; book, but with an Asian-American heroine. That sounds very interesting. I&#8217;ve never read the original books. I might have to read some of them now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B08P3QVXBC\/ref=sr_1_1\/suzannelanoue\/\">Buy this DVD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE INFORMATION:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"m_-5107673547971196601mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-5107673547971196601mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<h1><strong>THREE NEW DRAMAS FROM MASTERPIECE\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ON DVD &amp; BLU-RAY THIS FEBRUARY\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>FROM PBS DISTRIBUTION<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"m_-5107673547971196601mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-5107673547971196601mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">Below is a listing of the upcoming DVD\/Blu-Ray releases from PBS Distribution slated for February.Every purchase helps support public television for all.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder\u00a0&#8211; Praire to Page<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 2\/16\/21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Genre: <strong>Biography<\/strong><br \/>\nRun Time: <strong>83\u00a0min. on 1 disc &#8211; DVD<\/strong><br \/>\nSRP: <strong>$24.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content np-content cf\">\n<p><strong><em>American Masters <\/em><\/strong><strong>Explores the Cultural Legacy and Complicated History of Author <\/strong><strong>Laura Ingalls Wilder<\/strong> <strong>in a New Documentary<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page<\/em><\/strong> presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling \u201cLittle House\u201d series. The documentary delves into the legacy of the iconic pioneer as well as the way she transformed her early life into enduring legend, a process that involved a little-known collaboration with her daughter Rose. Directed and produced by Emmy\u00ae Award winner Mary McDonagh Murphy (<em>Harper Lee:<\/em> <em>American Masters<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Featuring never-before-published letters, photographs and family artifacts, the film explores the context in which Wilder lived and wrote, as well as the true nature of her personality. Victor Garber (<em>Argo<\/em>, <em>Alias<\/em>, \u201cTitanic\u201d) narrates, with Academy Award nominee Tess Harper (\u201cNo Country for Old Men,\u201d<em> Breaking Bad<\/em>, \u201cCrimes of the Heart\u201d) reading Laura Ingalls Wilder and Amy Brenneman (<em>NYPD Blue<\/em>, <em>Judging Amy<\/em>, <em>The Leftovers<\/em>) reading Rose Wilder Lane. The film includes original interviews with Caroline Fraser, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her Wilder biography; Pamela Smith Hill, author of \u201cLaura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer\u2019s Life\u201d and editor of Wilder\u2019s <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling memoir; Wilder biographer and editor of \u201cThe Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder\u201d William Anderson; Christine Woodside, writer of \u201cLibertarians on the Prairie\u201d<i>;<\/i> authors such as Louise Erdrich, Roxane Gay, Lizzie Skurnick and Linda Sue Park; and actors from the beloved TV series <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>, including Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls Wilder), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson) and Dean Butler (Almanzo Wilder). Historians, scholars and fans provide additional perspectives on Wilder\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Wilder has an enduring fanbase \u2014 including self-proclaimed Bonnetheads \u2014 and the books and TV program loosely based on them have become cultural touchstones. Starting with \u201cLittle House in the Big Woods\u201d (1932), the books chronicle the adventures of a family struggling to survive on the American frontier and have inspired four generations with the courage and determination of their heroine. Though Wilder\u2019s stories emphasized real life and celebrated stoicism, she omitted the grimmer and contradictory details of her personal history: grinding poverty, government assistance, deprivation and the death of her infant son. In recent years, Wilder\u2019s racist depictions of American Indians and Black people have stirred controversy, and made her less appealing to some readers, teachers and librarians. <strong><em>Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page<\/em><\/strong> reveals the truth behind the bestsellers, exploring a rags to riches story that has been embraced by millions of people worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 34<sup>th<\/sup> season on PBS, <strong><em>American Masters <\/em><\/strong>illuminates the lives and creative journeys of our nation\u2019s most enduring artistic giants \u2014 those who have left an indelible impression on our cultural landscape. Setting the standard for documentary film profiles, the series has earned widespread critical acclaim and 28 Emmy Awards \u2014 including 10 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series and five for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special \u2014 14 Peabodys, an Oscar, three Grammys, two Producers Guild Awards and many other honors. To further explore the lives and works of more than 200 masters past and present, the <strong><em>American Masters <\/em><\/strong>website offers streaming video of select films, outtakes, filmmaker interviews, the American Masters Podcast, educational resources and more. 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