The life and work of the legendary Hollywood icon is chronicled in Director Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady’s new documentary, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You.
The film paints a dynamic portrait of the man whom many consider the most influential creator, writer and producer in the history of television. Grady and Ewing cover Lear’s life, work and achievements and explore how he shifted the national consciousness, boldly injecting enlightened humanism into sociopolitical debates on race, class, creed and feminism through his legendary 1970s shows such as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons.
On September 28, following the DGA Special Projects Committee’s Documentary Series screening in the Guild's Los Angeles Theater, Director Heidi Ewing was joined by the film’s subject, Norman Lear, for a discussion about the documentary. The conversation was moderated by DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Chuck Workman (Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles.)
In addition to Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, Heidi Ewing and her directing partner Rachel Grady are the co-directors of the feature documentaries DETROPIA, 12th and Delaware, Freakonomics, the Oscar-nominated Jesus Camp, and the Emmy-nominated The Boys of Baraka. Ewing and Grady have been DGA members since 2009.
You can listen to Berg's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find all DGA podcast episodes here.