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  • 2013
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  • 2013
  • PBS

Summary The documentary narrated by Meryl Streep tells the story of the women's movement through interviews with women such as Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Phyllis Schlafly, Billie Jean King, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric, Ellen DeGeneres, and Hillary Clinton.

  • 2013
  • PBS
  • 2013
  • PBS

Makers: Women Who Make America

Season 1 Premiere: Feb 26, 2013
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary The documentary narrated by Meryl Streep tells the story of the women's movement through interviews with women such as Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Phyllis Schlafly, Billie Jean King, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric, Ellen DeGeneres, and Hillary Clinton.

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Meryl Streep

Narrator

Gloria Steinem

Self - Feminist Activist

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Self - Co-Founder of Ms. Magazine

Pat Schroeder

Self - First Woman Elected to Congress from Colorado

Alix Kates Schulman

Self - Author

Meg Whitman

Self - Business Executive

Marlo Thomas

Self

Diane English

Self

Hillary Clinton

Self - 67th United States Secretary of State

Erica Jong

Self - Author, Self - Author of Book 'Fear of Flying'

Kathrine Switzer

Self - Boston Marathon Runner, 1967

Susan Douglas

Self - Historian

Sandra Day O'Connor

Self - Retired Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Betty Dodson

Self - Artist

Judy Blume

Self - Author

Sheila Tobias

Self - Historian

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Self - Chairperson of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

F. Carolyn Graglia

Self - Housewife

Ellen Goodman

Self - Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist

Shirley Curry

Self - Conservative Activist

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100
Feb 26, 2013
The new documentary is one of the best and most far-reaching films about the modern women's movement.
By David Wiegand FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 30, 2014
Inevitably, there’s some overlap (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” is cited in both of these first two hours), but Makers offers an evenhanded look at the barriers women have faced, while celebrating the accomplishments of those pioneers who have overcome them.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 30, 2014
It's an awfully good [documentary].
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 30, 2014
Once you get past its curiously unhelpful title, this six-part series offers a powerful look at the rise of women over the last half century, in fields from comedy to politics.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 26, 2013
In the beginning, this program feels like old news (one generation has seen it all before, and the other doesn’t care), but the narrative quickly comes together and still has the power to astound.
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Production Company:
  • Makers
  • Ark Media
  • Kunhardt Films
  • Storyville Films
Initial Release Date: Feb 26, 2013
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
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Awards

FOCAL International Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination
Women's Image Network Awards
• 1 Nomination

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