While I agree that the "Rhapsody in Blue" is not satisfactory as a "classical" work, it's form is too diffuse and the composer didn't really know what he was doing at this time, I think he made up for it later on and then some. I don't recall his exact remarks but they are to the effect that all of Gershwin's serious music, consists merely of strung-together show-tunes. It is interesting that Virgil Thomson's negative remarks are given at some length but these are expressions of envy in my opinion. If you miss the July 10th broadcast, The Changemakers will be available on the American Masters website through August 8th.A fine documentary both as a presentation of the composer's life as well as his music including many observations and opinions. The hour concludes with the perspectives of contemporary women thought-leaders, including Representative Deb Haaland, one of the first American Indian women in Congress Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Brittany Packnett-Cunningham, activist and member of the Ferguson Commission, formed following the police shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr. The Changemakers is narrated by Julianna Margulies (ER, The Good Wife, Billions), and features the voices of Lorraine Toussaint (Selma, Orange is the New Black, The Glorias), Deshja Driggs-Hall, Flora Diaz, Adrienne LaValley, and Julienne Davis. I have no doubt these unladylike women would be out in the streets protesting for justice today.” In 2020, Congress is still debating the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act after 120 years of efforts to make lynching a federal crime.
Charlotte says the stories featured in the special feel current because, “The Unladylike2020 pioneers were critical to making the equality agenda part of the national fabric of this nation.” Sandy adds, “Two of our changemaker heroines, Mary Church Terrell and Jovita Idar took a stand against lynching a century ago. Presenting history in UNLADYLIKE2020’s signature style, The Changemakers is produced and directed by Charlotte Mangin and Sandra Rattley. citizenship, voting rights, and sovereignty for American Indians. Congress Mary Church Terrell, a leader in the anti-lynching movement and co-founder of the NAACP and Zitkála-Šá, who lobbied for U.S.
These changemakers who used their voices and power to run for elected office, organize for civil rights, and fight for the right to vote, are Martha Hughes Cannon, the country’s first female state senator Jovita Idar, a journalist, and president of one of the first Mexican American women’s civil rights organization Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S.
JAn exciting hour of TV you don’t want to miss! UNLADYLIKE2020 is very pleased to announce our one-hour special American Masters – Unladylike2020: The Changemakers Airing on PBS stations nationwide Friday, July 10 at 9 pm ETĬheck listings for your local public television station here.Īmerican Masters – Unladylike2020: The Changemakers explores the accomplishments and challenges of five pioneering women who paved the way over 100 years ago in American activism and politics.