The Pulitzer at 100
July 21, 2017
| 91 minutes
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Directed by: Kirk Simon
| Cinematography: Stephen Kazmierski, Buddy Squires
| Editing: Emily Williams
| Music: Wendy Blackstone
The Pulitzer at 100, by Oscar and Emmy winning director Kirk Simon, is a ninety-minute independent documentary released in the Pulitzer's 100th year. The film is told through the riveting stories of the artists that have won the prestigious prize, with Pulitzer work read by Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, Liev Schreiber, John Lithgow and Yara Shahidi. Journalists Carl Bernstein, Nick Kristof, Thomas Friedman, David Remnick, writers Toni Morrison, Michael Chabon and many others recount the stories behind America's most beloved works in arts and letters.
John Adams, Ayad Akhtar, Jim Amoss, Martin Baron, Carl Bernstein, Robert A. Caro, Michael Chabon, Maureen Corrigan, David Crosby, Michael Cunningham, Junot Diaz, James English, Jeffrey Eugenides, John Filo, Sheri Fink, Thomas Friedman, Robin Givhan, Theodore Glasser, Roy Harris, Yusef Komunyakaa, Nicholas Kristof, Tony Kushner, Carol Leonnig, John Lithgow, Wynton Marsalis, James McGrath Morris, Mary McNamara, Helen Mirren, Toni Morrison, Cyrus R.K. Patell, Natalie Portman, David Remnick, Liev Schreiber, Martin Scorsese, Yara Shahidi, Tracy K. Smith, Nick Ut, Paula Vogel