Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

About Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. Using comedy and indelible characters, his legendary 1970s shows such as All In the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons, boldly cracked open dialogue and shifted the national consciousness, injecting enlightened humanism into sociopolitical deb…

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016) is a documentary film directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. At 91 minutes long, it arrived in January 2016.

Its themes are television history and biography.

Norman Lear stars as Self, John Amos as Self, Alan Horn as Self, and Bill Moyers as Self. Produced by Act III Productions. In the United States it streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel and PBS Living Amazon Channel.

Unbroken, Frida, and Mary Queen of Scots make useful companions to Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You.