As the title of this episode of “American Masters” suggests, “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth” is a lovely and lyrical tribute to the great American writer and activist who turns 70 on Sunday, two days after the film airs on PBS.
February is, of course, Black History Month, which makes the non-birthday aspect of the timing dispiriting. Surely it shouldn’t require an African American-themed event to warrant a tribute to Walker. And yet it is also reaffirming as well since it looks like Black History Month remains a very good idea.
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