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Gioncarlo Valentine: Exposures is part of In The Making, a documentary shorts series from American Masters and Firelight Media follows emerging cultural icons on their journeys to becoming masters of their artistic disciplines. Zeshawn Ali's director statement I first met Gio through a computer screen. ...

Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming, inspired by a restaurant owner they were friends with named Mary, who felt that she had not contributed anything to the world. They presented this song to Mary to show her how she had made ...

Janis Ian was inspired to write “Society’s Child” after observing an interracial couple on her school bus. Ian wrote the song at just 15 years old, imagining the societal pressures the couple may have been under.

Janis Ian wrote “At Seventeen” about the “pain of adolescence” and not fitting in, but the themes of the song spoke to audiences of all kinds and had a universal relevance. The song later won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Discover the life of singer-songwriter Janis Ian and how she rose as a folk icon and gay rights advocate. She broke ground with “Society’s Child” (1966), a bold take on interracial love, and “At Seventeen” (1975), a searing anthem about bullying.

Sarah Thankam Mathews: After All This is part of In The Making, a documentary shorts series from American Masters and Firelight Media follows emerging cultural icons on their journeys to becoming masters of their artistic disciplines. Andrew Nadkarni's director statement Sarah Thankam Mathews' writing process ...

From the first spread of Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir "Maus," one can already glean his signature mix of the autobiographical, the fictional and the poetic. “It was summer, I remember I was ten or eleven,” "Maus" begins. Three mice roller skate through a neighborhood, rendered ...

Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps is part of In The Making, a documentary shorts series from American Masters and Firelight Media follows emerging cultural icons on their journeys to becoming masters of their artistic disciplines. Michelle Parkerson's co-director statement My initial awareness of Camille A. ...

Discover the astonishing and heartwarming story of George Lee. Lee was a pioneering Asian dancer who originated a featured role in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 70 years ago as a teenage immigrant from China. He has been a prodigy, a refugee, an immigrant and a ...

Christina Smith's work as a makeup artist has spanned decades in the film industry, earning her widespread recognition for her skill and creativity. With a career beginning in the 1970s, she has worked on a wide range of films across genres, from science fiction and ...