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American Masters

Season 23 2009
TV-14

  • 2009-02-19T02:00:00Z on PBS
  • 1h 30m
  • 12h (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

2009-02-19T02:00:00Z

23x01 Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About

Season Premiere

23x01 Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About

  • 2009-02-19T02:00:00Z1h 30m

The work of the American dance pioneer and choreographer who brought ballet techniques to the Broadway stage.

Scott Hicks' acclaimed 2007 film on a year in the life of the modern experimental composer.

2009-05-28T01:00:00Z

23x03 Hollywood Chinese

23x03 Hollywood Chinese

  • 2009-05-28T01:00:00Z1h 30m

From 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 dating back to the 1890s -- weave a rich tapestry and complex history.

23x04 Neil Young: Don't Be Denied

  • 2009-06-11T01:00:00Z1h 30m

The work of the legendary rock musician and his artistic and intellectual transitions over the decades.

A retrospective on the famed radio personality and author centering on A Prairie Home Companion.

2009-09-03T01:00:00Z

23x06 Trumbo

23x06 Trumbo

  • 2009-09-03T01:00:00Z1h 30m

An 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.

The folk music career of Joan Baez and the progressive movements she both participated in and influenced.

The author of 'Little Women' is an almost universally recognized name whose reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster masked a literary double life.

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