Season 34
8 episodes · Mar 3, 2020
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S34E1Miles Davis Birth of the Cool
Mar 3, 202090mDiscover the man behind the legend. With full access to the Miles Davis Estate, the film features never-before-seen footage, including studio outtakes from his recording sessions, rare photos and new interviews.
S34E2Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Jun 16, 202090mAmerican Masters — Mae West: Dirty Blonde is the first major documentary film to explore Mae West’s life and career as she "climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong" to become a writer, performer and subversive agitator for social change. West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the 20th century. She possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s and still rare today.
S34E3Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Jun 1, 202090mToni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers and critics on an exploration of the powerful themes she confronted throughout her literary career in this artful and intimate meditation that examines the life and work of the legendary storyteller.
S34E4Unladylike2020: The Changemakers
Jul 10, 202090mMark the women’s suffrage centennial with stories of pioneering women who shaped American politics.
S34E5Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
Oct 20, 202090mMeet Walter Winchell, the newspaper columnist, radio commentator and television personality who pioneered the fast-paced, gossip-driven, politically charged journalism that dominates today. At his peak, his audience was 50 million. Stanley Tucci portrays Winchell in a new American Masters documentary.
S34E6Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
Oct 23, 202090mExplore the life and career of the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient and longtime Grammy-winning music director of the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas helped set the standard that an American orchestra should champion modern music.
S34E7Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Dec 4, 202090mExplore the definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring who blazed a trail through the art scene of ‘80s New York and revolutionized the worlds of pop culture and fine art. The film features previously unheard interviews with Haring.
S34E8Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Dec 29, 202090mAn unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling “Little House” series.