Video: American Masters
AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Created in 1984 by Susan Lacy and produced by Thirteen/WNET for national public television, the series is both a celebration and an exploration of creativity in America. Consisting of more than 250 hours of programming to date, AMERICAN MASTERS is a growing film library documenting the role important individuals, groups, and movements have played in the formation of our cultural identity.
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American Masters | Q&A with Louisa May Alcott filmmakers | PBS (#2207)
Full Program: The filmmakers behind Louisa May Alcott discuss the making of the film. 25:32
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Sam Cooke: Crossing Over | PBS (#2208)
Sam Cooke put the spirit of the Black church into popular music, creating a new American sound and setting into motion a chain of events that forever altered the course of popular music and race... 03:39
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Scene from Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women' | PBS (#2207)
Louisa May Alcott offers a glimpse of the elements of her life she wrote into her masterpiece. 04:38
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women' | Trailer | PBS (#2207)
The author of 'Little Women' is an almost universally recognized name whose reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster masked a literary double life. 00:31
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American Masters | Scenes from Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women' | PBS (#2207)
Full Program: Watch six scenes from Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women.' 23:46
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Outtakes from Louisa May Alcott: The The Woman Behind 'Little Women' | PBS (#2207)
Watch interview outtakes from leading Louisa May Alcott scholars, including Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Geraldine Brooks (March) and John Matteson (Edens Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May... 13:59
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound | 'I Will Never Marry.' | PBS (#2206)
Joan Baez performs The Carter Family's "I Will Never Marry." American Masters' Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound airs Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 9pm (ET) on PBS. 03:06
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound | 'Barbara Allen' | PBS (#2206)
Joan Baez performs "Barbara Allen." 04:39
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound | Trailer | PBS (#2206)
American Masters explores fifty years of folk legend and human rights activist Joan Baez. 00:31
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American Masters | Outtakes from Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound | PBS (#2206)
Watch fourteen outtakes from "Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound." 01:08:35
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AMERICAN MASTERS: Trumbo | Birthday Letter (Liam Neeson) (#2205)
Liam Neeson performs a rhyming birthday letter Dalton Trumbo wrote for his son Christopher, recounting the day the boy was born. 02:09
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AMERICAN MASTERS: Trumbo | HUAC Testimony (Dalton Trumbo) (#2205)
Footage from Dalton Trumbo's October 28th, 1947 appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee. 00:49
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AMERICAN MASTERS: Trumbo | Letter to Mrs. Murphy (Allen) (#2205)
Joan Allen performs a letter Dalton Trumbo wrote to his dear friend Ray's mother upon Ray's death. 04:49
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AMERICAN MASTERS: Trumbo | Letter to Chris Trumbo (Lane) (#2205)
Nathan Lane performs a letter Dalton Trumbo wrote to his son Chris describing a traumatic childhood experience with a Calvinist preacher. 01:36
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AMERICAN MASTERS: Trumbo | Letter to My Darling (Lucas) | PBS (#2205)
Josh Lucas performs a letter Dalton Trumbo wrote to his wife Cleo from prison on their thirteenth wedding anniversary. 01:36
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AMERICAN MASTERS: Trumbo | Letter to Telephone Co. | PBS (#2205)
Paul Giamatti performs a series of biting letters Dalton Trumbo exchanged with his telephone company an outfit he addressed as burglars. 02:28
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AMERICAN MASTERS: Trumbo | Closing Arguments (Ensemble) | PBS (#2205)
Brian Dennehy, Liam Neeson, Michael Douglas, David Strathairn, and Paul Giamatti perform an inspirational excerpt from Christopher Trumbo's play. 02:14
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AMERICAN MASTERS: Trumbo | Trailer | PBS (#2205)
Based on the remarkable letters Dalton Trumbo wrote during the devastation wrought by the Red Scare in mid-20th century. 00:31
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PBS at the TV Critics Press Tour | Susan Lacy interview
Susan Lacy, AMERICAN MASTERS' series creator and executive producer, is interviewed by video blogger Zadi Diaz. 06:20
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Keillor & Billy Collins -- Radio Play (#2204)
Garrison Keillor and Poet Laureate Billy Collins collaborate on a noir radio play about a fugitive poet and his troublesome knack for clichés. 08:25
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