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A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sammy Davis Jr.

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,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Brenda Lee

Norman Mailer frankly discusses American culture, politics, literature, and his own tumultuous life.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Mailer

The life and career of renowned magician and sleight of hand artist Ricky Jay.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ricky Jay

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jeff Bridges

The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Riegert

A visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday, relating each written line to his unique Native...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: N. Scott Momaday

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roy Acuff

Mark Rothko, a master of abstract expressionism, created 835 paintings during his five-decade career.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alfred Molina

Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years has offered audiences their passion for ballet...

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film heroine — the delicate damsel in distress, stranded...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lillian Gish

Exploration of how the reality and resistance of Native Americans inspires the work of Pawnee artist Bunky Echo-Hawk, igniting discussions about...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bunky Echo-Hawk

Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s)...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ben Vereen

In a prolific career that spanned seven decades, Richard Rodgers wrote over 900 songs for more than 70 shows - a body of work unmatched by any other...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tony Roberts

Freyer Artist. Iconoclast. Man of his time. All Things are Photographable is a revealing documentary portrait of the life and work of acclaimed...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Geoff Dyer

Explore the story of Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez, who burst onto the literary scene and blazed a trail for a generation of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

Following the success of her debut novel, All This Could Be Different, author Sarah Thankam Mathews embarks on her second novel, drawing from her...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sarah Thankam Mathews

The life and career of Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony, founder and artistic director of the New World Symphony...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Tilson Thomas