A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
NEW DOCS
On May 8, 1945—VE Day—poet and radio man Norman Corwin broadcasts “On a Note of Triumph” and moves a nation. Eric Simonson details Corwin’s radio career and the innovations he made in the world of broadcasting, considered experimental at the time. In addition to first-person accounts by Corwin himself, the film contains interviews with Walter Cronkite, Studs Terkel, Norman Lear, and Robert Altman, who testify to Corwin’s influence. AT
Director
Eric Simsonson
Producers
Eric Simsonson, Corinne Marrinan
Release Year
2005
Festival Year
2006
Country
United States
Run Time
40 minutes