Eight years since American Masters first aired JUDY GARLAND: BY MYSELF, series creator and executive producer Susan Lacy talks about the film she produced, directed and wrote, as well as how she made a story not about Dorothy, not about the overdose, but about Judy Garland: The hardest working woman in Hollywood.

As part of a segment filmed during pledge for Georgia Public Broadcasting, Pamela Roberts gave an interview about her commitment to telling the true story of Gone With The Wind and the life of Margaret Mitchell.

Director Mary Murphy describes her the creative process researching and interviewing subjects for her documentary and book.

Margaret Mitchell discusses the ways in which she conducted research to retain historical accuracy in Gone With the Wind in this transcription of a radio interview from 1936.

The acclaimed author discusses To Kill a Mockingbird as an agent of radical change.

Childress explains how the character Scout had a radical viewpoint in the segregated south.

The author praises Harper Lee's distillation of national issues into a small-town setting.

The Pulitzer Prize winning author discusses the impact of Harper Lee's characters.

McBride reflects on Harper Lee's subtle activism and the role of writers in civil rights.