“Other than winning a major prize or getting rich, perhaps the nicest thing that can happen to a creative artist is to be chosen by Perry Miller Adato as the subject for a documentary film.  Among American producers and directors, she leads the league…”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

 

 

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This biographical film essay entitled Perry Miller Adato: A Life In Film is the first in-depth treatment about Adato with extensive on-camera interviews with the filmmaker herself and interviews with longtime colleagues. They give insight into the value of the work and place Adato’s oeuvre in the larger context of the history of public television.