American Masters

Discover insightful profiles of important figures in America's artistic and cultural life.

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Episodes

  • Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse

    S39 Ep3 |
    Explore the career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman and his award-winning graphic novel Maus.
  • Neil Young: Won't be Denied: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Neil Young: Won't be Denied

    S23 Ep4 |
    A resolutely private artist who seldom looks back, Neil Young unfolds his career on camera
  • Hollywood Chinese: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Hollywood Chinese

    S23 Ep3 |
    American Masters tackles issues of race and representation in Hollywood Chinese.
  • Phillip Glass: A Portrait of Phillip in Twelve Parts: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Phillip Glass: A Portrait of Phillip in Twelve Parts

    S23 Ep2 |
    A mosaic film portrait of one of the greatest, & at times controversial, artist of the age
  • You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

    S22 Ep4 |
    In April 1923, four visionary brothers founded what grew into the Warner Bros. empire.
  • Marvin Gaye: What's Going On: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Marvin Gaye: What's Going On

    S22 Ep3 |
    More than a superb vocalist and composer, Gaye was a visionary who defines his time.
  • Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character

    S21 Ep9 |
    The life and times of Carol Burnett; one of America's favorite performers.
  • Marilyn Monroe: Still Life: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

    S20 Ep4 |
    Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and pop culture icon.
  • Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    S20 Ep3 |
    Woody Guthrie was an American folk singer-songwriter.

Specials

  • LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story [ASL]: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story [ASL]

    Take an intimate look into the life and career of screen and stage icon Liza Minnelli.
  • Jovita Idar: Mexican American Activist and Journalist: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Jovita Idar: Mexican American Activist and Journalist

    Jovita Idar was a Latina journalist who worked for an end to segregation and racism.
  • Martha Hughes Cannon: The First Woman State Senator: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Martha Hughes Cannon: The First Woman State Senator

    Martha Hughes Cannon was a historic state senator and public health pioneer.
  • She was a Civil Rights Activist and Co-Founder of the NAACP: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    She was a Civil Rights Activist and Co-Founder of the NAACP

    Mary Church Terrell was a suffragist, civil rights activist and co-founder of the NAACP.
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    She was a Daredevil Performer & Advocate for the Blind

    Sonora Webster Carver (1904-2003) was one of the most famous horse divers in the world.
  • She was the First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    She was the First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel

    Gertrude Ederle made history in 1926 as the first woman to swim across the English Channel
  • Queen Lili‘uokalani - The First and Last Queen of Hawai‘i: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Queen Lili‘uokalani - The First and Last Queen of Hawai‘i

    Queen Lili‘uokalani was the first sovereign queen, and the last monarch of Hawai'i.
  • Sissieretta Jones was a Trailblazing Black Opera Singer: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Sissieretta Jones was a Trailblazing Black Opera Singer

    Sissieretta Jones was the first Black woman to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall.
  • The First American Indian Doctor: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The First American Indian Doctor

    Susan La Flesche Picotte became the first American Indian woman doctor.

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