Movies: American Masters Pictures

  • 2015
    Janis: Little Girl Blue

    Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

    Janis: Little Girl Blue

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    Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators....

    Janis: Little Girl Blue
  • 2019
    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

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    An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991)....

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
  • 2016
    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

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    A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining civil rights moments. From her upbringing in the De...

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
  • 2018
    Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

    Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (2018)

    Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

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    The extraordinary life story of science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) who, in spite of remaining for many years on the sidelines of the mainstream literature, managed to be recognized as one of the most remarkable US writer...

    Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 1987
    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)

    The Ten-Year Lunch

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    The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The...

    The Ten-Year Lunch
  • 2024
    Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around

    Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around (2024)

    Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around

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    Discover the story behind singer Brenda Lee’s iconic songs and explore how her early fame and life of poverty shaped her artistry across pop, rock ‘n’ roll and country. Known for her Christmas classic and Billboard hit “Rockin’ Around The Christmas T...

    Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around
  • 2021
    Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

    Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2021)

    Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

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    An exploration of the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact. Sacks was ...

    Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
  • 2021
    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)

    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

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    Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become one of a select group who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Over a seventy year career, she has paved the way for Hispanic-American performers by refusing to ...

    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
  • 1990
    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

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    Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events....

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
  • 1989
    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

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    A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s ...

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
  • 2025
    Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

    Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025)

    Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

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    Explores Marlee Matlin’s life as a groundbreaking performer, whose meteoric and tumultuous rise to fame started in 1987 when she became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her role in ‘Children of a Lesser God.’ At the age of 21, Matlin ...

    Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
  • 2011
    Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

    Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides (2011)

    Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

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    American Masters takes a look at the career of Jeff Bridges as his friends and family discuss why he's so special and why he's become one of the more popular actors over the past couple of decades. Throughout the films, his co-workers and directors a...

    Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
  • 2013
    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

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    The compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of the twentieth Century.Walker made history as the first black woman to win a Pulitzer P...

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
  • 2006
    Sketches of Frank Gehry

    Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

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    First and foremost, Frank Gehry is an artist. Described as a young child as having golden hands, Frank begins his creation through sketch. Forming thought into substantive sculpture, the marriage of art and architechure is brought to life. Join direc...

    Sketches of Frank Gehry
  • 2017
    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

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    On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters...

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
  • 2003
    Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

    Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind (2003)

    Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

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    Joni Mitchell's career as a singer-songwriter and painter is extensively profiled in this in-depth documentary, which originally aired as part of the PBS American Masters series. Take a look at this prolific artist as she reflects on a career that sp...

    Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
  • 2022
    Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

    Jerry Brown: The Disrupter (2022)

    Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

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    Governor Jerry Brown has had a storied political life, and Marina Zenovich’s tremendous portrait of him captures the highs and lows, augmented by present-day interviews with her protagonist. Ahead of his time in many ways, especially as an environmen...

    Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
  • 1999
    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

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    Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of the studio system....

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
  • 2024
    Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse

    Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (2024)

    Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse

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    Explores the life and career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman including the creation and ground-breaking impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel MAUS....

    Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
  • 2004
    Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

    Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (2004)

    Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

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    The authoritative documentary on Country Music's most influential figure....

    Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues