A World of Ideas August Wilson
TV Episode | Biography

A World of Ideas

August Wilson

TV Episode | Biography

Moyers interviews playwright August Wilson, who gained prominence when his first Broadway show, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," opened to critical acclaim in 1984. In an interview with Moyers at the Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, Wilson (...See moreMoyers interviews playwright August Wilson, who gained prominence when his first Broadway show, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," opened to critical acclaim in 1984. In an interview with Moyers at the Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, Wilson (whose plays include "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," "The Piano Lesson," and the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Fences") explains that blues music is the primary inspiration for his work. See less