The Documentary
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: THE WOMAN BEHIND LITTLE WOMAN The first film biography of an American icon Louisa Alcott’s life was no children’s book: she worked as a servant, a seamstress, and a Civil War nurse before becoming a millionaire celebrity writing “moral pap for the young,” as she called it. Under pen names and anonymously, she also wrote stories with enough drugs, sex and crime to prove the author was no “little” woman. When she died, Alcott took her secret identity as a pulp fiction writer with her, and kept it for nearly a half-century. Starring Elizabeth Marvel and featuring ...
The Book
A vivid, energetic account of the life of the beloved author whose work has delighted millions of readers, Louisa May Alcott portrays a writer as worthy of interest in her own right as her most famous character, Jo March, and addresses all aspects of Alcott’s life: the effect of her father’s self-indulgent utopian schemes; her family’s chronic economic difficulties and frequent uprootings; her experience as a nurse in the Civil War; the loss of her health; and her frequent recourse to opiates in searh of relief from migraines, insomnia, and symptomatic pain. Stories and details culled from Alcott’s ...
News & Events
U Albany, Suny to host 2-day Alcott program
Thursday, October 14, 7:30-9 pm University at Albany, SUNY (discussion and clips) Recital Hall, Performing Arts...
NEH Funds Library Programs
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women – Library Outreach Programs Louisa May Alcott: The Woman...
In Heaven’s Name, Give Her a Chance
The 2010 Summer Conversational Series and Teacher Institute Join scholars, educators, and Alcott fans from across...
Alcott: ‘Not The Little Woman You Thought She Was’
Though many readers associate Alcott with the sweetness of Little Women, Reisen tells NPR‘s Linda Wertheimer,...
School Library Journal: “Visually Rich,” “Inspirational”
[STARRED REVIEW] Harriet Reisen’s fine script and Nancy Porter’s vivid production combine to treat viewers...
“The Story-Telling is Superb”
Alcott is known as the iconic March sister, Jo. In Reisen’s book, the reader meets the real Louisa; the pulp...
“Smart”… “tasteful,” says The Boston Globe
“Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind ‘Little Women’ ’’ manages to penetrate the facts of Louisa May Alcott’s...
LA Times says Alcott doc “gives breadth and life to the author of the 1860s classic”
For those who know Louisa May Alcott only as the author of some of the most enduring classics of children’s...
The Buffalo News rates Alcott film 4 out of 4 stars
The documentary is an education about the period in American history and the Alcotts’ friendships with the leading...
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