
Preview | The Playmaker: The Story of Paul Green
Preview: 7/11/2024 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning NC playwright Paul Green.
This documentary takes a deep dive into the life, creative work and social justice advocacy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green. A native son of North Carolina and a champion for racial equality, Green went to Broadway and back with a dream that someday he could write a new ending for the Old South.
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PBS North Carolina Presents is a local public television program presented by PBS NC

Preview | The Playmaker: The Story of Paul Green
Preview: 7/11/2024 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
This documentary takes a deep dive into the life, creative work and social justice advocacy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green. A native son of North Carolina and a champion for racial equality, Green went to Broadway and back with a dream that someday he could write a new ending for the Old South.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- It's not easy to take racial tensions and put that on stage.
- [Speaker] Paul Green, he's like a chronicler.
- Telling the stories of certain people whose stories are not being told.
[unsettling music] - Redneck legislators in Raleigh considered him to be a budding red Communist.
I mean, why else would he want to defend the lives of Black people?
- There's a message to be sent here.
PBS North Carolina Presents is a local public television program presented by PBS NC