Great Performances

Movies for Grownups® Awards 2022 with AARP The Magazine

Season 49 Episode 19 | 1h 23m 35s | WETA Passport

First broadcast on PBS in 2018, Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine returns for a fifth year to celebrate and encourage filmmaking with unique appeal to movie-lovers with a grownup state of mind—and recognize the inspiring artists who make them. Each year the centerpiece honor is the Career Achievement Award, celebrating the contributions cinema legends.

Aired: 03/18/22 | Expires: 03/17/23 | Rating: NR

Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Jody and John Arnhold, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, The Abra Prentice Foundation, Rosalind P. Walter, The Starr Foundation, the Seton Melvin Charitable Trust, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, Ellen and James S. Marcus, Ruth and Harold Newman, the Merle and Shirley Harris Fund, The Lewis "Sonny" Turner Fund for Dance, Lorraine A. Egan and Richard T. Egan, public television viewers and PBS.

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Extras From This Episode

• Belfast Wins Best Picture / Best Movie for Grownups

  Clip: S49 Ep19 | 2m 48s

• Lily Tomlin Accepts Career Achievement Award

  Clip: S49 Ep19 | 3m 19s

• Movies for Grownups with AARP the Magazine Preview

  Preview: S49 Ep19 | 30s

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