By Maria Esteves – July 21, 2017

THE PULITZER AT 100, is a powerful must see documentary for the 21st Century journalists, based on the history of American journalism and the life of legendary Hungarian Jewish immigrant Joseph Pulitzer (1847 – 1911) founder of urban Yellow Journalism, the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, New York, and the amazing Pulitzer Prizes honoring excellence in American Journalism and the Arts. It captures investigative journalism with superb archival footage from the Pulitzer Collection, New York Times, Associated Press, and many others along with extraordinary interviews with authors, editors, musicians, novelists, playwrights, photographers, poets, and reporters. Featured Pulitzer Prize honorees includes:

Junot Diaz, author, winner, Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 2008 "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao"

Michael Chabon, novelist, winner, Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 2001 "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay"

Nicholas Kristof, columnist, New York Times, winner, Pulitzer Prize 1990 & 2006 from AIDS in Africa to June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests Beijing, China

Nick Ut, winner, Pulitzer Prize for Photography, 1973 " June 8, 1972 Trang Bang, Vietnam"

Paula Vogel, playwright, winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1998 "How I Learned to Drive"

Thomas L. Friedman, columnist, The New York Times, winner, Pulitzer Prize, 1983, 1988, 2002 "June 8, 1982 Hostilities Widen"

Toni Morrison, novelist, winner, Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 1988 "Beloved"

Tracy K. Smith, poet, winner Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 2012 “Cathedral Kitsch” and “The Good Life From Life on Mars”

Tony Kushner, playwright, winner, Pulitzer Prize for drama, 1993 "Angels in America"

Wynton Marsalis, managing and artistic director, Jazz at Lincoln Center, winner, Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1997

Celebrities Martin Scorsese and Natalie Portman are among the list of narrators who profoundly impacts this documentary.

“What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation, and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy!” – Joseph Pulitzer

THE PULITZER AT 100, directed by Kirk Simon | Marblemen Productions | U.S.A. | 2017 | 91 min | New York Premiere, July 21, 2017.