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| Home > About Us > News > Press Releases > press releases 2001 > David Grubin April 3, 2000 DAVID GRUBIN TO SPEAK DURING NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK In celebration of National Library Week, the Sheridan Libraries and the Enoch Pratt Free Library are sponsoring a discussion by David Grubin, Emmy-award winning producer, director, writer, and cinematographer. Mr. Grubin will discuss "Other People's Stories: The Art of Biography" and show clips from his films on Sunday, April 9, at 2pm at the Pratt Central Library on 400 Cathedral Street in Baltimore. David Grubin has produced over 60 films on subjects ranging from art to history, from poetry to science. He has won every major award in his field, including eight Emmys, two Afred I. DuPont-Columbia University Prizes, and the George Foster Peabody award. His four hour documentary, LBJ, a biography of Lyndon Johnson produced for the "The American Experience," was chosen as one of the best documentaries of 1992. Other award-winning productions include FDR and Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers. Live at the Library 2000 is an initiative of the American Library Association, with major support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund. The event is free and open to the public. To register, call the Pratt Library at 410-396-5494.
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