Actor Treat Williams describes working with director Sidney Lumet on “Prince of the City.” Williams and documentary filmmaker Nancy Buirski have a conversation about Lumet’s unique approach to working with actors and his eclectic range of projects. Williams shows his affection for Lumet’s embrace of ...
Before there were sleek flatscreen TVs and OLED devices, there were CRTs, or cathode-ray tubes. CRT televisions were a fixture of Korean-American artist Nam June Paik's video art. Electrical engineer and technician Chi-Tien Lui is one of the only living experts on the restoration of ...
Fashion historian Raissa Bretaña details how Little Richard cultivated his unique style, from his hair, makeup and clothing, and the many musicians he inspired along the way. Music legend Little Richard is as remembered for his unapologetic flamboyance as he is for his dynamic vocals ...
Who has changed America? People who broke societal barriers and surpassed the limits of their craft to become AMERICAN MASTERS. Independent filmmakers share the powerful stories of our cultural giants. American Masters presents these four documentaries for your Emmy® consideration. The series has earned 78 Emmy® ...
When Little Richard stepped onto the stage of the Radio City Music Hall on March 2, 1988, he came with something to prove. He had been tapped to co-present the award for Best New Artist at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in New York City. ...
Little Richard first originated the famous "awop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bam-boom" refrain in his hit song "Tutti Frutti" early in his career while performing at the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Fluxus was an international collective of avant-garde experimenters, founded in the 1960s by Lithuanian-American artist George Maciunas. In its inception, Fluxus was defined by a shared attitude among artistic collaborators. Its purpose was to "promote a revolutionary flood and tide in art, promote living art, ...
On January 1st, 1984, New York's public television station would make TV history with its transnational live broadcast, "Good Morning, Mr. Orwell." Challenging the technical possibilities of television at the time, the event linked live satellite broadcasts between New York, Paris, South Korea and Germany ...
This is a special limited presentation of Global Groove, created by artist Nam June Paik. The opening words of Global Groove presciently state that "this is a glimpse of the video landscape of tomorrow, when you will be able to switch to any TV station ...
Little Richard took 1950s America and the world by storm with hits like "Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally," "Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Lucille." The Beatles and The Rolling Stones supported him, and drew inspiration from his musicianship and stagecraft. He would go on to ...
