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'American Masters: Joseph Pulitzer'
(Adam Driver / DVD / PG / 2019 / PBS)

Overview: 'American Masters: Joseph Pulitzer' is a groundbreaking exploration of a newspaper magnate whose work is largely unknown to wide audiences; though ironically, the prize he endowed in his will has become recognizable around the world.

DVD Verdict: Pulitzer's personal story is a riveting variation on the American Dream narrative and one that American Masters has brought lovingly to life here within PBS's new documentary 'Joseph Pulitzer - Voice of the People'.

Joseph John Pulitzer (April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. In the 1890s the fierce competition between his World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal caused both to develop the techniques of yellow journalism, which won over readers with sensationalism, sex, crime and graphic horrors.

The wide appeal reached a million copies a day and opened the way to mass-circulation newspapers that depended on advertising revenue (rather than cover price or political party subsidies) and appealed to readers with multiple forms of news, gossip, entertainment and advertising.

Today, his name is best known for the Pulitzer Prizes, which were established in 1917 as a result of his endowment to Columbia University.

The prizes are given annually to recognize and reward excellence in American journalism, photography, literature, history, poetry, music and drama. Pulitzer founded the Columbia School of Journalism by his philanthropic bequest; it opened in 1912.

Learning more and more as the 90 minute documentary continues onward, we discover that this immigrant - who was famous in his own time for the outsized financial success of his newspapers and his outspoken, cantankerous editorial voice - from the start of his career as a journalist, Pulitzer championed what he regarded as the sacred role of the free press in a democracy.

And we, in the Land of the Free are very much grateful to him for that, are we not.

Narrated by Adam Driver, the documentary tells the story of Pulitzer’s life and accomplishments through a combination of archival footage, reenactments and interviews with authors, journalists and scholars.

Liev Schreiber is the voice of Pulitzer. Tim Blake Nelson is the voice of Roosevelt and Rachel Brosnahan is the voice of investigative journalist Nellie Bly. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Bonus Features of:

Lynden Steele, Asst. Photo Editor, St. Louis Post - Dispatch - Ferguson And Pulitzer Prizes
Nicholson Baker at Duke Archive Warehouse - David Redden Describes the building of Pulitzer's home by Sanford White
Interview with Dren Rudavsky

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