Being Mary Tyler Moore
Description
“Who can turn the world on with her smile?” Those theme-song words describing Mary Richards, the TV news producer who broke sitcom ground as a strong, single, independent woman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show aptly encapsulate the eponymous actor who played her as James Adolphus’s documentary engagingly illustrates. Both a biography of Moore, who knew from the age of three that she was destined for show biz (it was that or jail, her father observed), and a summation of her brilliant career, the film offers an honest portrait of a sometimes-troubled personal life alongside a long string of professional triumphs beginning with her Emmy-winning work on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66). Produced by Lena Waithe, Being Mary Tyler Moore is a dazzling look back at an incandescent personality.
Biographies
James Adolphus is a three-time Peabody Award-winning cinematographer and an Emmy-winning producer and director who makes his feature debut with Being Mary Tyler Moore. His television projects include the Emmy-nominated series Soul of a Nation (2021) and the Independent Lens documentary Little White Lie (2014).