Extended interviews with Maya Angelou, Patti Smith, Mel Brooks, Carol Burnett, Matthew Broderick, Carl Reiner, Joan Rivers, Audra McDonald and others are now available, with searchable transcripts   American Masters has been on the air since 1986. For four decades, we’ve asked: who has changed ...

There’s a short bit of film from 1970, famous among hardcore Neil Young fans, in which the then-25-year-old musician visits an L.A. record store only to find a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) bootleg album for sale. Bootlegs, of course, were those unauthorized LPs ...

  In celebration of the upcoming film Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page, American Masters is hosting a #ShareYourShelfieContest on social media! Entrants are asked to post their most creative photo of their Laura Ingalls Wilder/Little House on the Prairie book and/or memorabilia collection for a chance ...

Inspired: People with Disabilities Breaking Barriers There are 56 million Americans with disabilities alive today, representing approximately one in four people. Disability culture and activism has existed from ancient times to present, but we rarely hear about people with disabilities, who are often seen as ...

The International Documentary Association (IDA) supports the vital work of non-fiction storytellers, championing an inclusive documentary culture. The IDA Documentary Awards celebrates the best nonfiction films and programs of the year, representing excellence in the documentary field from around the world by both emerging and ...

  Inspired: People with Disabilities Breaking Barriers There are 56 million Americans with disabilities alive today, representing approximately one in four people. Disability culture and activism has existed from ancient times to present, but we rarely hear about people with disabilities, who are often seen ...

Watch the Martha Graham Dance Company perform the iconic dance maker’s most celebrated work, “Appalachian Spring,” with music composed by Aaron Copland, along with the world premiere of the PEAK Performances at Montclair State University commission of “The Auditions,” choreographed by Troy Schumacher and composed ...

Inspired: People with Disabilities Breaking Barriers There are 56 million Americans with disabilities alive today, representing approximately one in four people. Disability culture and activism has existed from ancient times to present, but we rarely hear about people with disabilities, who are often seen as ...

Looking for an inspiring Halloween costume for your virtual or socially-distanced celebrations this year? Look no further than the National Women’s History Museum, which has compiled a list of iconic American trailblazers you can look to for inspiration. The list includes: Tabitha Babbitt, an inventor ...

What books have caused the most hand-wringing over the past decade? As part of Banned Book Week, the American Library Association (ALA) combed through censorship reports from the past ten years to determine the top 100 books requested to be banished from shelves in the ...