American Masters

Premieres Tuesday, March 23rd at 8pm EST (check local listings) on PBS and PBS.org.

One of his films helped inspire the independence movement for his native Bahamas.

Before he was a lover he was a fighter who spent time serving in World War II.

The inspiring story of six trailblazing Black women entertainers.

Carroll's TV show “rearranged her” and made her realize that she “had value.”

Watch In the Making, our new digital video series following the lives and journeys of emerging BIPOC artists.

The film reveals hidden facets of her life during some of America’s most defining moments.

Writer Lizzie Skurnick on how bigotry "...is the driving force of the narrative."

In some instances, racist passages in the "Little House" series were amended in newer editions by book sellers.

Here are four women who earned a place among America’s cultural icons well into adulthood.

Writer Sandra Hume reveals what can be learned at Wilder fan conferences.

#OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign writes about the state of racial equality in entertainment, especially for Black women.

This month, we are releasing a selection of films for you to stream and enjoy.

The archive includes over 1,000 hours of footage from the movers and shakers of American culture.

Joni Mitchell has kept an important part of her early musical life story hidden – until now.

She was crushed after a rejection from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Princeton professor and writer Imani Perry reflects on the power of representation in popular culture.

Sequoyah recognized the value of the European settlers’ “talking leaves,” and set out to create a written language for the Cherokee.

She fought discrimination and helped improve standards of representation for Black performers.

Simone said that the song "...erupted out of me quicker than I could write it down."

Neil Young saved just about everything, and now much of it is available via the Neil Young Archives.

Wilder used racist depictions of American Indian and Black people in the books.

"Perhaps when we re-read the "Little House" books as adults, they stop being children’s books and become something else to us."

The story involves an actual bird that suffered an unfortunate fate.