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DVD

Little women

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS, OSH)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Emily Watson, Maya Hawke, Willa Fitzgerald, Kathryn Newton, Annes Elwy, Jonah Hauer-King, Julian Morris, Mark Stanley, Eleanor Methven, Dylan Baker, Michael Gambon, Angela Lansbury.

Publication Information

[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2018]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 175 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Little Women follows the four March sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, on their journey from childhood to adulthood while their father is away at war. Under the guidance of their mother Marmee, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss, and marriage.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the book by Louisa May Alcott.

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series on British television in 2017 and in the US on PBS as part of the series Masterpiece in 2018.

Bonus features: Little women: becoming a woman, then and now ; Little women: creating the world of Little women ; Visit Orchard House: where Lousia May Alcott wrote Little women.

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