David McCullough: Painting with Words 2008 one on netflix

Author/historian David McCullough welcomes viewers into his public and private world in this film. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman–who adapted McCullough’s ‘John Adams’ for the 7-part HBO miniseries–this documentary paints an affectionate, first-person portrait of the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner as he gives a speech and even visits his old Brooklyn neighborhood.