American Masters
1985–
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Thirteen
Seasons
Season 1
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E1
Arthur Miller: Private Conversations
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E2
Philip Johnson, Self Portrait
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E3
Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory
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E4
Unknown Chaplin, Episode 1
- E5 The Unknown Chaplin (2) An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.
- E6 The Unknown Chaplin (3) An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.
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E7
Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day
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E8
James Levine: The Life in Music
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E9
Aaron Copland ~ About the Composer
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E10
Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait
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E11
Georgia O'Keeffe: Georgia O'Keeffe
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E12
Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts
Season 2
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E1
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
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E2
Directed by William Wyler
- E3 Rubinstein Remembered A trip through the life and works of the piano virtuoso Arthur Rubinstein conducted by his son John.
- E4 Nik and Murray A story of two talented personalities, Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis, and their collaborations in the world of dance.
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E5
George Gershwin Remembered
- E6 Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa An installment that shows the author and illustrator at work staging a production of a Mozart opera.
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E7
The Negro Ensemble Company
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E8
Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote
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E9
The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch
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E10
Buster Keaton: Hard Act to Follow
Season 3
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E1
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
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E2
A Duke Named Ellington
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E3
Andre Kert茅sz of The Cities
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E4
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
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E5
Diego Rivera: Rivera In America
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E6
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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E7
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
- E9 James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Season 4
- E1 Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre The life of the renowned Broadway director and arts critic, as well as co-founder of New York's Group Theatre.
- E2 Stella Adler: Awake and Dream! A retrospective on the career of one of America's finest teachers of acting technique.
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E3
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
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E4
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
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E5
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
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E6
Neil Simon: Not Just for Laughs
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E7
Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint
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E8
Mort Sahl: Shaping Laughter
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E9
W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult
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E10
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Season 5
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E1
Milos Forman: Portrait
- E2 John Cassavetes A documentary that follows the varied career of the noted film director.
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E3
John Cassavetes: John Cassavetes
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E4
Martin Scorsese Directs
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E5
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
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E6
Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter
- E7 Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret The work of an acting coach and instructor who had a profound impact on the American stage.
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E8
Sanford Meisner: The Theater's Best Kept Secret
- E9 John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
Season 6
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E1
Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre
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E2
Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio
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E3
A. Einstein: How I See the World
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E4
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
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E5
Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days
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E6
Yehudi Menuhin: A Family Portrait
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E7
Robert Motherwell and the New York School
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E8
Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul
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E9
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
- E10 Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Season 7
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E1
Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time
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E2
George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic
- E3 D.W. Griffith: Father of Film A look at the innovator of primary motion picture techniques that are still important today and the controversy surrounding his beliefs.
Season 8
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E1
Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing
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E2
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Season 9
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E1
Rediscovering Will Rogers
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E2
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
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E3
Pl谩cido Domingo: A Musical Life
- E4 Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul An examination of the author's life and a look at the specifics of some of his written works.
Season 10
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E1
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
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E2
William Styron: The Way of the Writer
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E3
Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light
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E4
Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud
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E5
Nichols and May: Take Two
Season 11
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E1
Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice
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E2
Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter
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E3
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
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E4
Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'
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E5
Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper
Season 12
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E1
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
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E2
Vaudeville
- E3 Billy Wilder: the Human Comedy A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder.
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E4
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
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E5
Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes
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E6
Alexander Calder
Season 13
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E1
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
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E2
Al Hirschfeld: The Line King
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E3
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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E4
Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius
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E5
The Lives of Lillian Hellman
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E6
Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer
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E7
Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
Season 14
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E1
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
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E2
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
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E3
Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For
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E4
Paul Taylor: Dancemaker
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E5
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
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E6
Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso
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E7
The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation
Season 15
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E1
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
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E2
Norman Mailer: Mailer on Mailer
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E3
George Cukor: On Cukor
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E4
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
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E5
Bob Marley: Rebel Music
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E6
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
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E7
Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye
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E8
Edward Curtis: Coming to Light
Season 16
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E1
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
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E2
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
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E3
Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds
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E4
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
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E5
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
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E6
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
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E7
Ralph Ellison: An American Journey
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E8
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Season 17
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E1
Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving
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E2
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
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E3
Juilliard
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E4
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution
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E5
Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind
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E6
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
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E7
Robert Capa: In Love and War
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E8
The Education of Gore Vidal
Season 18
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E1
None Without Sin
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E2
James Brown: Soul Survivor
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E3
Balanchine - Master of The Dance
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E4
Judy Garland: By Myself
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E5
A Vision of Empire: Henry Luce and Time Life's America
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E6
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
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E7
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
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E8
Julia! America's Favorite Chef
Season 19
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E1
James Dean: Sense Memories
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E2
Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice
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E3
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
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E4
Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned
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E5
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
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E6
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
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E7
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Season 20
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E1
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
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E2
The World of Nat King Cole
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E3
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
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E4
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
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E5
Walter Cronkite: Witness to History
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E6
Andy Warhol: A Documentary
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E7
Sketches of Frank Gehry
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E8
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Season 21
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E1
Novel Reflections on The American Dream
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E2
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
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E3
Les Paul: Chasing Sound
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E4
David Hockney: The Colors of Music
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E5
John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature
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E6
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
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E7
Orozco: Man of Fire
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E8
Good Ol' Charles Schulz
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E9
Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character
Season 22
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E1
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
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E2
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
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E3
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
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E4
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story - Part 1
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E5
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story - Part 2
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E6
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story - Part 3
- E7 You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Woodstock Notions (1970-1989) "Woodstock Notions (1970-89)" recalls the creative renaissance of Warner Bros. during the 1970s and '80s. Included: "Mean Streets," "The Exorcist," "Superman: The Movie," "The Shining" and "Body Heat"; interviews with Dustin Hoffman, Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson and Robert Redford. Eastwood narrates.
Season 23
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E1
Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About
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E2
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
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E3
Hollywood Chinese
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E4
Neil Young: Don't Be Denied
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E5
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes
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E6
Dalton Trumbo: Trumbo
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E7
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
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E8
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'
Season 24
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E1
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
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E2
I.M. Pei: Building China Modern
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E3
The Doors: When You're Strange
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E4
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself
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E5
Cachao: Uno Mas
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E6
A Letter to Elia
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E7
LennoNYC
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E8
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Season 25
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E1
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
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E2
Troubadours: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter
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E3
John Muir in the New World
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E4
American Maestro: James Levine
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E5
Pearl Jam Twenty
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E6
Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
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E7
Woody Allen: A Documentary
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E8
Woody Allen: A Documentary - Part 2
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E9
The Architect & the Painter: The Creative Lives of Ray & Charles Eames
Season 26
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E1
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
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E2
Cab Calloway: Sketches
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E3
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
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E4
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
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E5
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
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E6
The Day Carl Sandburg Died
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E7
Inventing David Geffen
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E8
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Season 27
- E0 Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
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E1
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
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E2
Philip Roth: Unmasked
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E3
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
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E4
Billie Jean King
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E5
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Season 28
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E1
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love
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E2
Salinger
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E3
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
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E4
A Fierce Green Fire
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E5
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
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E6
Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun
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E7
Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
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E8
The Boomer List
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E9
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
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E10
Bing Crosby Rediscovered
Season 29
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E1
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
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E2
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
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E3
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
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E4
American Ballet Theatre: A History
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E5
Harper Lee: American Masters
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E6
Althea
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E7
Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey
- E9 The Women's List
Season 30
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E1
Mike Nichols
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E2
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
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E3
Carole King: Natural Woman
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E4
Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll
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E5
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
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E6
Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue
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E7
The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
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E8
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
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E9
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
Season 31
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E1
By Sidney Lumet
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E2
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
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E3
Patsy Cline
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E4
James Beard: America's First Foodie
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E5
Jacques P茅pin: The Art of Craft
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E6
Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny
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E7
Tyrus
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E8
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
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E9
Inspiring Woman Web Series
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E10
This Is Bob Hope...
Season 32
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E1
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
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E3
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
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E4
Ted Williams: "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived"
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E5
Eva Hesse
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E6
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray
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E7
Wyeth
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E8
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
- E9 Itzhak
Season 33
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E1
James Watson: Decoding Watson
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E2
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
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E3
American Masters: Charley Pride
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E4
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
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E5
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
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E6
Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable
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E7
Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life
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E8
Robert Shaw - Man of Many Voices
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E9
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
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E10
Raul Julia: The World's a Stage
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E11
Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous
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E12
N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear
Season 34
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E1
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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E2
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
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E3
Toni Morrison
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E4
Unladylike2020
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E5
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
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E6
Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
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E7
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
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E8
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Season 35
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E1
How It Feels to Be Free
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E2
Flannery
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E3
Twyla Moves
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E4
Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story
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E5
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
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E6
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
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E7
Ballerina Boys
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E8
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
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E9
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
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E10
Becoming Helen Keller
- E13 Renegades Pilot: Kitty O'Neil
Season 36
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E1
Ailey
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E2
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
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E3
Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha
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E4
Joe Papp In Five Acts
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E5
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
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E6
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
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E7
The Adventures of Saul Bellow
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E8
Groucho & Cavett
Season 37
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E1
Roberta Flack
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E2
Dr. Tony Fauci
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E3
In the Making
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E4
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
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E5
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
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E6
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
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E7
Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
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E8
A Song for Cesar
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E9
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Season 38
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E1
HOPPER: An American love story
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E2
Moynihan
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E3
The Incomparable Mr. Buckley
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E4
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
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E5
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
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E6
Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around
- E10 Renegades: Daniel K. Inouye
Season 39
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E1
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
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E2
LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
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E3
Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse
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E4
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
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E5
Ten Times Better
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E6
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny
- E7 Marlee Matlin Not Alone Anymore
- E8 Starring Dick Van Dyke An episode of PBS' American Masters series, dedicated to the movie, TV and Broadway star Dick Van Dyke, with interviews with Dick plus many current and former colleagues and admirers.
- E9 Starring Dick Van Dyke
Season 40
- E1 Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
- E2 Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
- E3 Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House
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