-
-
-
American Masters : Season 23
-
Air date: 18 Feb '09 - 8 episodesAmerican Masters is a PBS television show which produces biographies on artists, actors and writers of the United States who have left a profound impact on the nation's popular culture. It is produced by WNET in New York City. The show debuted on PBS in 1986. Groups or organizations featured include: Actors Studio, Algonquin Round Table, Group Theatre, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Women of Tin Pan Alley, Negro Ensemble Company, Juilliard School, the Beat Generation, The Singer-songwriters of the 1970s, Sun Records, Vaudeville, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
-
-
List of Episodes (8)
-
American Masters (1986)
-
1. Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About
18 Feb '09The work of the American dance pioneer and choreographer who brought ballet techniques to the Broadway stage.
-
American Masters (1986)
-
2. Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
08 Apr '09Scott Hicks' acclaimed 2007 film on a year in the life of the modern experimental composer.
-
American Masters (1986)
-
3. Hollywood Chinese
27 May '09From the first Chinese-American film produced in 1916, to Ang Lee's triumphant Brokeback Mountain nine decades later, this films brings together a group of actors, writers, directors -- and iconic film images -- to examine Chinese contributions to an industry that was often ignorant and dismissive about race. Such artists as Wayne Wang, Joan Chen, David Henry Hwang, Nancy Kwan and Amy Tan share their experiences of being "the other." These stories and film clips from more than 90 films -- some
-
American Masters (1986)
-
4. Neil Young: Don't Be Denied
10 Jun '09The work of the legendary rock musician and his artistic and intellectual transitions over the decades.
-
American Masters (1986)
-
5. Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes
01 Jul '09A retrospective on the famed radio personality and author centering on A Prairie Home Companion.
-
American Masters (1986)
-
6. Trumbo
02 Sep '09An account of Dalton Trumbo, a powerful motion picture screenwriter who refused to succumb to the stigma of the Hollywood "blacklist" and rose to prominence once again.
-
American Masters (1986)
-
7. Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
14 Oct '09The folk music career of Joan Baez and the progressive movements she both participated in and influenced.
-
American Masters (1986)
-
8. Louisa May Alcott: the Woman Behind 'Little Women'
28 Dec '09The author of 'Little Women' is an almost universally recognized name whose reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster masked a literary double life.
-
