American Masters

  • : 1986
  • : 300
  • : 25
  • PBS
  • 21
  • Documentary

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Andrew Wyeth
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07, 2018
Wyeth tells the story of one of America’s most popular, but least understood, artists – Andrew Wyeth. Son of the famous illustrator N.C. Wyeth, Andrew had his first exhibition at age 20, .. show full overview
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Itzhak Perlman
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14, 2018
A cinéma vérité look at the remarkable life and career of world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, a polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel in the mid-1930s. His .. show full overview
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Decoding Watson
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02, 2019
Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. With unprecedented access to Watson and his family, "American Masters: .. show full overview
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Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
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19, 2019
Sammy Davis, Jr. had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, so vast and multi-faceted that it was dizzying in its scope and scale. And yet, his life was complex, complicated .. show full overview
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Charley Pride
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22, 2019
Raised in segregated Mississippi, country performer Charley Pride proves artistic expression can triumph over prejudice and injustice.
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Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
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01, 2019
For 40 years, singer and activist Holly Near works on global social justice coalition-building in the women's and lesbian movements.
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Joseph Pulitzer: Voice Of The People
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12, 2019
Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer becomes one of America's most feared and admired newspaper moguls and a crusader for freedom of the press.
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Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable
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19, 2019
A documentary about an important American still photographer who captured New York City in the 1960s (his work there is said to have influenced the TV show Mad Men) and later the West in Texas and Los Angeles.
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Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life
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14, 2019
Playwright, librettist, scriptwriter and outspoken LGBTQ activist Terrence McNally has long believed in the power of the arts to transform society and make a difference. The film lifts .. show full overview
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Robert Shaw -- Man of Many Voices
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21, 2019
A profile of the conductor, his work with the civil rights movement, and his musical legacy.
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Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
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02, 2019
Explore the remarkable life and legacy of late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin whose groundbreaking work, including “The Left Hand of Darkness,” transformed American literature by bringing science fiction into the literary mainstream.
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Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
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13, 2019
From award-winning director Ben DeJesus (Great Performances: John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway, John Leguizamo: Tales from a Ghetto Klown), Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and .. show full overview
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Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous
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25, 2019
One of the most influential artists of the 20thcentury, Mark Rothko’s signature style helped define Abstract Expressionism, the movement that shifted the center of the art world from .. show full overview
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N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear
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18, 2019
Delve into the enigmatic life and mind of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet N. Scott Momaday, best known for “House Made of Dawn” and a formative voice of the Native American Renaissance in art and literature.

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