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Arts & Entertainment PBS-TV REVIEW: The Women’s List By Kam Williams For The Skanner News I f you’re all pontiffed-out from the wall-to-wall TV-coverage of Pope Francis’ visit, you might like to take a break to check out a different kind of inspiration- al program airing on PBS. Directed by Timothy Green- field-Sanders, The Women’s List is an American Masters special featuring one-on-one interviews with a variety of very accomplished females Scriptwriter Shonda Rhimes laments that so many women would rather be cute than equal to men Wendy Williams, Talk Show Host and Shonda Rhimes, Writer-Producer Actress Rosie Perez recounts the trauma of being surrendered by her mother to a Catholic orphanage where she was tormented by sadistic nuns on a daily basis mative years played a role in cultivating the critical at- titude she needed to launch Spanx shapewear success- chine in her backyard as a child but, while still in her teens, she did launch a com- pany that is now worth over $10 billion. An invaluable collection of intimate, female empow- erment tales emphasizing the urgency of moving de- liberately in the direction of your dreams. Excellent HHHH Unrated Distributor: PBS-TV The Women’s List pre- mieres on PBS on Septem- ber 25th 2015 at 9 pm ET/ PT (check local listings) Running time: 54 minutes fully. And scientist/entre- preneur Elizabeth Holmes notes that she might have failed to build that time ma- TheSkanner.com Explore your universe from all walks of life. The documentary is his fifth in the series which has similarly profiled prominent Blacks, Boomers, Latinos and Gays. Among the fas- cinating icons spotlighted here are Pulitzer Prize-win- ner Toni Morrison, Con- gresswoman Nancy Pelosi, singer Alicia Keys, attorney Gloria Allred, talk show host Wendy Williams, air- line pilot Nia Wordlaw, co- medienne Margaret Cho and actress Edie Falco, to name a few. In her revealing tete-a- tete, the self-deprecating Keys admits to being “a nerd, but a cool-ass nerd” who was valedictorian of her high school. Performance artist Laurie Anderson explains why she never discusses what her inscrutable work is about, while fashion designer Bet- sey Johnson discusses why she hid the fact that she’d developed breast cancer a decade after getting im- plants. Actress Rosie Perez re- counts the trauma of being surrendered by her moth- er to a Catholic orphanage where she was tormented by sadistic nuns on a daily ba- sis. And scriptwriter Shon- da Rhimes laments that so many women would rather be cute than equal to men. Entrepreneur Sara Blakely waxes romantic about how her father’s encouragement to take risks during her for- PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS American Masters Special Profiles 15 Prominent Females Les Femmes Annual Open House Sunday, October 11, 2015 • 3-5pm Emanuel Hospital - Lorenzen Center 2801 N Gantenbein Ave, Portland, OR 97227 Near N. Vancouver/ N. Graham St. Admission FREE • Light refreshment provided You are cordially invited to attend the Les Femmes Open House. We welcome young girls 6th - 12th grade. Youth must be accompanied by an adult. Come and learn the history of this organization that has been serving youth in the community since 1951. Please contact Carmen Pettiford, Les Femmes President 503.830.5732 or thelesfemmesdebutantes1@gmail.com September 30, 2015 The Portland and Seattle Skanner Page 9
