TY - ADVS AU - Bessinger,Mimi AU - Feliz,Peter AU - Riegert,Peter ED - WES FORee Productions. ED - WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.) ED - WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) ED - Films for the Humanities (Firm) TI - W. Eugene Smith: photography made difficult T2 - American masters PY - 2001///, c1989 CY - Chatsworth, CA PB - Image Entertainment KW - Smith, W. Eugene, KW - Photographers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Photojournalism N1 - Episode of the television program: American masters; Produced by Kirk Morris ; directed by Gene Lasko ; written by Jan Hartman ; licensed worldwide by RM Associates; Mimi Bessinger, Peter Feliz ; Peter Riegert as W. Eugene Smith N2 - A profile of W. Eugene Smith as told through his photographs, interviews and dramatized sequences. This program showcases over 600 of Smith's photographs from the war in the South Pacific to victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village dealing with the themes of social responsibility and common humanity. A dramatic recreation of the artist by actor Peter Riegert is taken from his diaries and letters. Interwoven through the program are archival footage and interviews with family and friends ER -