One of America's Greatest Movie Directors

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Sidney Lumet discusses 50 years of making movies. He’s joined by Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman, the stars of his new film. Find out how 15 Burmese plaintiffs successfully sued a giant oil corporation. Also, a travel writer’s 7,000-mile journey on the silk road. Plus, the challenges Camille Pissarro faced as the only Jewish Impressionist painter.

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