Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Preview: 4/1/2012 | 1m 31s
Premieres nationally Monday, April 2 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings)
Margaret Mitchell was no ordinary writer. The one book she published in her lifetime - Gone With the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, 75 years ago. With over 30 million copies sold to date, it is one of the world's best-selling novels. The film adaptation broke all box office records, and received 10 Academy Awards. Premieres nationally Monday, April 2 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
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Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Preview: 4/1/2012 | 1m 31s
Margaret Mitchell was no ordinary writer. The one book she published in her lifetime - Gone With the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, 75 years ago. With over 30 million copies sold to date, it is one of the world's best-selling novels. The film adaptation broke all box office records, and received 10 Academy Awards. Premieres nationally Monday, April 2 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
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An unprecedented crowd turned out for opening night of Gone With the Wind in Atlanta (4m 50s)
The director of Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel talks about her creative process (3m 36s)
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Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize Night
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Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, Southern Suffragist
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