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May 20th, 2013

 
Mel Brooks: Film: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.
January 9th, 2013

 
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Film: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
The life, music and influence of African-American gospel singer and guitar virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe. From writer, producer and director Mick Csaky.
January 8th, 2013

 
Joffrey: Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
It's the life and times of The Joffrey Ballet -- the first quintessentially American dance company -- on American Masters.
December 9th, 2012

 
David Geffen: Film: Inventing David Geffen
Notoriously press and camera-shy, David Geffen reveals himself for the first time in this unflinching portrait of a complex and compelling man, directed, produced and written by American Masters creator Susan Lacy. Geffen's far-reaching influence — as agent and manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and billionaire philanthropist — has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades.
September 24th, 2012

 
Carl Sandburg: Film: The Day Carl Sandburg Died
It's American Master, Carl Sandburg. See the film, The Day Carl Sandburg Died, from writer, director and editor, Paul Bonesteel, and AMERICAN MASTERS on PBS.
July 23rd, 2012

 
Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter: Watch the Full Documentary Film
Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey’s definitive documentary reveals the creative process and private world of the husband-wife design icons. Watch the full program here.
May 15th, 2012

 
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night: Watch the Full Documentary
Watch the full documentary about the iconic host of NBC's The Tonight Show.
April 17th, 2012

 
Cab Calloway: Sketches: Watch the Full Documentary
Watch American Masters' one hour tribute to influentia ljazz legend Cab Calloway.
April 3rd, 2012

 
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel: Watch the Full Documentary
Watch the full documentary on the mysterious author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Gone With the Wind.
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American Masters is made possible by the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding for American Masters is provided by Rosalind P. Walter, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Jack Rudin, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, Michael & Helen Schaffer Foundation, and public television viewers.

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