Go beyond the broadcast and join the American Masters community in person! Whether it’s a theatrical screening or film festival, your favorite documentaries can come to life right in your neighborhood. From Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/ Feeling Heart to Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People to Holly Near: Singing For Our Lives, here are a few upcoming opportunities to […]
Happy March, American Masters fans! This month, American Masters is proud to present documentaries about pioneering women Holly Near (premieres tonight, March 1 at 9 p.m. on PBS, check local listings, and streams beginning March 2), Hedy Lamarr, Lorraine Hansberry and Julia Child, as well as The Women’s List, in honor of Women’s History Month. Enjoy these films, now available […]
Travis Scott, 2016 via Wikimedia Commons Throughout our broadcast season, American Masters tells the stories of cultural giants whose work has had a profound effect on American society. The American Masters team is pleased to share a curated selection of the latest discourse in arts and culture: here are six articles and essays we enjoyed […]
Happy February, American Masters fans! This month, American Masters is proud to present documentaries about Fats Domino and Maya Angelou in celebration of Black History Month and to mark Itzhak’s nomination for Best Music Film at the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards, which air Sunday, February 10. Enjoy these films, now available to stream for a limited time, via pbs.org/americanmasters and PBS apps. […]
Robert Indiana “Love” at Fondation Gianadda, Martigny Throughout our broadcast season, American Masters tells the stories of cultural giants whose work has had a profound effect on American society. The American Masters team is pleased to share a curated selection of the latest discourse in arts and culture: here are six articles and essays we […]
Premieres Tuesday, February 19 and Friday, February 22 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) Each documentary will be available for streaming the following day via pbs.org/americanmasters and PBS apps This February, for Black History Month, American Masters profiles two iconic performers who broke new ground in entertainment as the Civil Rights movement gathered […]
Jonas Mekas, the influential filmmaker and co-founder of Anthology Film Archives and the New York Film-Makers’ Cooperative, talks to director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders for Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart(1998) about his 1960s loft space in New York where Andy Warhol learned about experimental filmmaking. Mekas recalls tying Warhol to his seat during a six-hour screening of Sleep, and describes the elusiveness of documenting a […]
American Masters remembers Broadway legend Carol Channing. American Masters Executive Producer Michael Kantor interviewed Channing in 1997 for his six-hour series, “Broadway: The American Musical.” In this clip Channing discusses how musical comedy has its roots in the diverse cultural heritage of the United States. Kantor remembers Channing as, “one of a kind, seemingly bigger than life […]
Happy New Year, American Masters fans! This month, we’re presenting documentaries about artists Eva Hesse, Andrew Wyeth and Elizabeth Murray, chef James Beard and scientist James Watson. Enjoy these films now streaming for a limited time via pbs.org/americanmasters and PBS apps. American Masters: Eva Hesse As the wild ride of the 1960s came to a close, […]
This season American Masters features an eclectic new line-up of documentaries about scientist James Watson, entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., country music star Charley Pride, feminist singer and activist Holly Near, media mogul Joseph Pulitzer, photographer Garry Winogrand, choral music conductor Robert Shaw, and other artistic and cultural giants. Here’s an overview of the lives and creative journeys […]
