List of American Masters episodes

Sweet Honey in the Rock

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and those who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States. It is produced by WNET in New York City. The show debuted on PBS in 1986.[1]

## Series overview

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Season| Episodes| Originally released

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First released| Last released
1| 12| June 23, 1986 (1986-06-23)| September 8, 1986 (1986-09-08)
2| 10| July 6, 1987 (1987-07-06)| November 25, 1987 (1987-11-25)
3| 8| July 11, 1988 (1988-07-11)| June 26, 1989 (1989-06-26)
4| 10| July 3, 1989 (1989-07-03)| December 20, 1989 (1989-12-20)
5| 8| July 2, 1990 (1990-07-02)| September 17, 1990 (1990-09-17)
6| 9| July 1, 1991 (1991-07-01)| May 1, 1992 (1992-05-01)
7| 3| March 14, 1993 (1993-03-14)| March 24, 1993 (1993-03-24)
8| 2| December 8, 1993 (1993-12-08)| May 13, 1994 (1994-05-13)
9| 4| November 30, 1994 (1994-11-30)| March 22, 1995 (1995-03-22)
10| 5| November 29, 1995 (1995-11-29)| May 22, 1996 (1996-05-22)
11| 5| November 25, 1996 (1996-11-25)| June 25, 1997 (1997-06-25)
12| 6| September 17, 1997 (1997-09-17)| June 17, 1998 (1998-06-17)
13| 7| October 28, 1998 (1998-10-28)| August 18, 1999 (1999-08-18)
14| 7| November 1, 1999 (1999-11-01)| May 31, 2000 (2000-05-31)
15| 7| September 27, 2000 (2000-09-27)| April 23, 2001 (2001-04-23)
16| 8| October 7, 2001 (2001-10-07)| March 1, 2002 (2002-03-01)
17| 8| October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02)| July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30)
18| 8| September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03)| August 18, 2004 (2004-08-18)
19| 7| May 11, 2005 (2005-05-11)| September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)
20| 8| May 10, 2006 (2006-05-10)| January 3, 2007 (2007-01-03)
21| 5| April 4, 2007 (2007-04-04)| July 25, 2007 (2007-07-25)
22| 7| September 12, 2007 (2007-09-12)| May 7, 2008 (2008-05-07)
23| 8| September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)| July 1, 2009 (2009-07-01)
24| 7| September 2, 2009 (2009-09-02)| July 21, 2010 (2010-07-21)
25| 8| September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)| June 1, 2011 (2011-06-01)
26| 9| October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21)| May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)
27| 6| September 24, 2012 (2012-09-24)| May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20)
28| 9| September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)| August 29, 2014 (2014-08-29)
29| 7| September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)| July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)
30| 9| September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04)| May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27)
31| 7| October 25, 2016 (2016-10-25)| May 26, 2017 (2017-05-26)
32| 9| September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)| August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
33| 12| September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)| August 2, 2019 (2019-08-02)
34| 7| September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)| July 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)
35| 12| October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)| July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)
36| 8| January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)| December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
37| 10| January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)| October 7, 2023 (2023-10-07)
38| 6| January 2, 2024 (2024-01-02)| December 16, 2024 (2024-12-16)

## Episodes

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### Season 1 (1986)

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1| 1| "Arthur Miller: Private Conversations"[2]| Christian Blackwood| Writer| June 23, 1986 (1986-06-23)
2| 2| "Philip Johnson: A Self Portrait"[3]| John Musilli| Architect| June 30, 1986 (1986-06-30)
3| 3| "Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye Of Memory"[4]| Ken Harrison| Writer| July 7, 1986 (1986-07-07)
4| 4| "Unknown Chaplin: Part 1"[5]| Kevin Brownlow, David Gill| Actor/Performer| July 14, 1986 (1986-07-14)
5| 4| "Unknown Chaplin: Part 2"[5]| Kevin Brownlow, David Gill| Actor/Performer| July 21, 1986 (1986-07-21)
6| 4| "Unknown Chaplin: Part 3"[5]| Kevin Brownlow, David Gill| Actor/Performer| July 28, 1986 (1986-07-28)
7| 7| "Billie Holiday: The Long Night Of Lady Day"[6]| John Jeremy| Musician| August 4, 1986 (1986-08-04)
8| 8| "James Levine: The Life In Music"[7]| Peter Weinberg| Musician| August 11, 1986 (1986-08-11)
9| 9| "Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait"[8]| Allan Miller| Musician| August 18, 1986 (1986-08-18)
10| 10| "Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait"[9]| T.W. Timreck| Visual Artist| August 25, 1986 (1986-08-25)
11| 11| "Georgia O'Keeffe"[10]| Perry Miller Adato| Visual Artist| September 1, 1986 (1986-09-01)
12| 12| "Eugene O'Neill: A Glory Of Ghosts"[11]| Perry Miller Adato| Writer| September 8, 1986 (1986-09-08)

### Season 2 (1987)

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13| 1| "Isaac In America: A Journey With Isaac Bashevis Singer"[12]| Amram Nowak| Writer| July 6, 1987 (1987-07-06)
14| 2| "Directed By William Wyler"[13]| Aviva Slesin| Director/Producer| July 13, 1987 (1987-07-13)
15| 3| "Arthur Rubenstein: Rubenstein Remembered"[14]| Peter Rosen| Musician| July 20, 1987 (1987-07-20)
16| 4| "Alwin Nikolais And Murray Louis: Nik And Murray"[15]| Christian Blackwood| Dancer/Choreographer| July 27, 1987 (1987-07-27)
17| 5| "George Gershwin Remembered"[16]| Peter Adam| Musician| August 24, 1987 (1987-08-24)
18| 6| "Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa"[17]| Christopher Swann| Writer| August 31, 1987 (1987-08-31)
19| 7| "The Negro Ensemble Company"[18]| Richard Kilberg| Institution| September 14, 1987 (1987-09-14)
20| 8| "Unanswered Prayers: The Life And Times Of Truman Capote"[19]| Andrew Harries| Writer| September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21)
21| 9| "The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit And Legend Of The Algonquin Round Table"[20]| Aviva Slesin| Writer| September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28)
22| 10| "Buster Keaton: A Hard Act To Follow Part 1"[21]| Kevin Brownlow, David Gill| Actor/Performer| November 18, 1987 (1987-11-18)
23| 10| "Buster Keaton: A Hard Act To Follow Part 2"[21]| Kevin Brownlow, David Gill| Actor/Performer| November 25, 1987 (1987-11-25)

### Season 3 (1988–89)

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24| 1| "Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life For Me"[22]| Terry Sanders| Actor/Performer| July 11, 1988 (1988-07-11)
25| 2| "A Duke Named Ellington"[23]| Terry Carter| Musician| July 18, 1988 (1988-07-18)
26| 3| "Andre Kertesz Of The Cities"[24]| Teri Wehn-Damisch| Photographer| August 8, 1988 (1988-08-08)
27| 4| "Aretha Franklin: The Queen Of Soul"[25]| Cathe Neukum| Musician| August 22, 1988 (1988-08-22)
28| 5| "Diego Rivera: Rivera In America"[26]| Rick Tejada-Flores| Visual Artist| August 29, 1988 (1988-08-29)
29| 6| "Augustus Saint Gaudens: Masque Of The Golden Bowl"[27]| T.W.Timreck| Visual Artist| September 5, 1988 (1988-09-05)
30| 7| "Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy Of The Group Theatre"[28]| David Heeley| Institution| June 26, 1989 (1989-06-26)

### Season 4 (1989)

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31| 1| "Harold Clurman: A Life Of Theatre"[29]| Tom Klein, Alan Kaplan| Director/Producer| July 3, 1989 (1989-07-03)
32| 2| "Stella Adler: Awake And Dream!"[30]| Merrill Brockway| Actor/Performer| July 10, 1989 (1989-07-10)
33| 3| "Satchmo: The Life Of Louis Armstrong"[31]| Gary Giddins| Musician| July 31, 1989 (1989-07-31)
34| 4| "James Baldwin: The Price Of The Ticket"[32]| Karen Thorsen| Writer| August 14, 1989 (1989-08-14)
35| 5| "Charlie Parker : Celebrating Bird"[33]| Gary Giddins, Kendrick Simmons| Musician| August 17, 1989 (1989-08-17)
36| 6| "Simply Simon: Not Just For Laughs"[34]| Amram Nowak| Writer| August 21, 1989 (1989-08-21)
37| 7| "Jasper Johns: Ideas In Paint"[35]| Rick Tejada-Flores| Visual Artist| September 11, 1989 (1989-09-11)
38| 8| "Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition"[36]| Robert B. Weide| Actor/Performer| September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18)
39| 9| "W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult"[37]| Gene Lasko| Photographer| September 25, 1989 (1989-09-25)
40| 10| "Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius"[38]| Kevin Brownlow, David Gill| Actor/Performer| November 15, 1989 (1989-11-15)

### Season 5 (1990)

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41| 1| "Milos Forman: Portrait"[39]| Vojtech Jasny| Director/Producer| December 20, 1989 (1989-12-20)
42| 2| "Preston Sturges: The Rise And Fall Of An American Dreamer"[40]| Ken Bowser| Writer/Director| July 2, 1990 (1990-07-02)
43| 3| "John Cassavetes"[41]| Deborah Geller| Director/Producer| July 9, 1990 (1990-07-09)
44| 4| "Martin Scorsese Directs"[42]| Joel Sucher, Steven Fischler| Director/Producer| July 16, 1990 (1990-07-16)
45| 5| "You're The Top: The Cole Porter Story"[43]| Allan Albert| Musician| July 23, 1990 (1990-07-23)
46| 6| "Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter"[44]| Susan Steinberg| Journalist| July 30, 1990 (1990-07-30)
47| 7| "John Hammond: From Bessie Smith To Bruce Springsteen"[45]| Hart Perry| Musician| August 20, 1990 (1990-08-20)
48| 8| "Sanford Meisner: The Theatre's Best Kept Secret"| Nick Doob| Actor/Performer| August 27, 1990 (1990-08-27)
49| 9| "John Cage: I Have Nothing To Say And I'm Saying It"[46]| Allan Miller| Musician| September 17, 1990 (1990-09-17)

### Season 6 (1991–92)

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50| 1| "Helen Hayes: First Lady Of The American Theatre"[47]| Reuben Aaronson, Timothy Marx| Actor/Performer| July 1, 1991 (1991-07-01)
51| 2| "Miracle On 44Th Street: A Portrait Of The Actor's Studio"[48]| Dennis Powers| Institution| July 8, 1991 (1991-07-08)
52| 3| "Albert Einstein: How I See The World"[49]| Richard Kroehling| Scientist| July 22, 1991 (1991-07-22)
53| 4| "Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One"[50]| Matthew Seig| Musician| July 29, 1991 (1991-07-29)
54| 5| "Frederic Remington: The Truth Of Other Days"[51]| Tom Neff| Visual Artist| August 5, 1991 (1991-08-05)
55| 6| "Menuhin: A Family Portrait"[52]| Tony Palmer| Musician| August 12, 1991 (1991-08-12)
56| 7| "Robert Motherwell And The New York School: Storming The Citadel"[53]| Catherine Tatge| Visual Artist| August 26, 1991 (1991-08-26)
57| 8| "Ray Charles: The Genius Of Soul"[54]| Yvonne Smith| Musician| January 3, 1992 (1992-01-03)
58| 9| "Superstar: The Life And Times Of Andy Warhol"| Chuck Workman| Visual Artist| April 10, 1992 (1992-04-10)
59| 10| "Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey"[55]| Eugene Corr/ Robert Hillmann| Writer| May 1, 1992 (1992-05-01)

### Season 7 (1993)

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60| 1| "Paul Simon: Born At The Right Time"[56]| Susan Steinberg| Musician| March 8, 1993 (1993-03-08)
61| 2| "George Lucas: Heroes, Myths And Magic"[57]| Larry Price and Jane Paley| Director/Producer| March 17, 1993 (1993-03-17)
62| 3| "D.W. Griffith: Father Of Film"[58]| Kevin Brownlow and David Gill| Director/Producer| March 24, 1993 (1993-03-24)

### Season 8 (1993–94)

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63| 1| "Benny Goodman: Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing"[59]| Oren Jacoby| Musician| December 8, 1993 (1993-12-08)
64| 2| "Martha Graham: Revolt And Passion"[60]| Catherine Tatge| Dancer/Choreographer| May 13, 1994 (1994-05-13)

### Season 9 (1994–95)

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65| 1| "Rediscovering Will Rogers"[61]| Stephan Chodorov| Actor/Performer| November 30, 1994 (1994-11-30)
66| 2| "Tennessee Williams: Orpheus Of The American Stage"[62]| Merill Brockway| Writer| December 19, 1994 (1994-12-19)
67| 3| "Placido Domingo: A Musical Life"[63]| Mick Csaky| Musician| February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15)
68| 4| "Edgar Allan Poe: Terror Of The Soul"| Karen Thomas| Writer| March 22, 1995 (1995-03-22)

### Season 10 (1995–96)

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69| 1| "Rod Serling: Submitted For Your Approval"[64]| Susan Lacy| Writer| November 29, 1995 (1995-11-29)
70| 2| "William Styron: The Way Of The Writer"[65]| Variety Moszynski| Writer| January 22, 1996 (1996-01-22)
71| 3| "Richard Avedon: Darkness And Light"[66]| Helen Whitney| Photographer| January 24, 1996 (1996-01-24)
72| 4| "Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud"[67]| Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon| Architect| April 10, 1996 (1996-04-10)
73| 5| "Nichols & May--Take Two"[68]| Phillip Schopper| Actor/Performer| May 22, 1996 (1996-05-22)

### Season 11 (1996–97)

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74| 1| "Lena Horne: In Her Own Words"[69]| Susan Lacy| Actor/Performer| November 25, 1996 (1996-11-25)
75| 2| "Danny Kaye: A Legacy Of Laughter"[70]| Bob Marty| Actor/Performer| December 10, 1996 (1996-12-10)
76| 3| "Man Ray: Prophet Of The Avant-Garde"[71]| Mel Stuart| Visual Artist| April 9, 1997 (1997-04-09)
77| 4| "Jack Paar: As I Was Saying . . ."[72]| Michael Macari Jr.| Television Personality| May 7, 1997 (1997-05-07)
78| 5| "Isamu Noguchi: Stones And Paper"[73]| Bill Smock| Visual Artist| June 25, 1997 (1997-06-25)

### Season 12 (1997–98)

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79| 1| "The Life And Times Of Allen Ginsberg"[74]| Jerry Aronson| Writer| September 17, 1997 (1997-09-17)
80| 2| "Vaudeville: An American Masters Special"[75]| Rosemary Garner, Greg Palmer| Actor/Performer| November 26, 1997 (1997-11-26)
81| 3| "Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy"[76]| Mel Stuart| Director/Producer| February 4, 1998 (1998-02-04)
82| 4| "Lou Reed: Rock And Roll Heart"[77]| Timothy Greenfield-Sanders| Musician| April 29, 1998 (1998-04-29)
83| 5| "Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes On 60 Minutes"[78]| Susan Steinberg| Journalist| May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20)
84| 6| "Alexander Calder"[79]| Roger Sherman| Visual Artist| June 17, 1998 (1998-06-17)

### Season 13 (1998–99)

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85| 1| "Leonard Bernstein: Reaching For The Note"[80]| Susan Lacy| Musician| October 28, 1998 (1998-10-28)
86| 2| "Al Hirschfeld: The Line King"[81]| Susan Warms Dryfoos| Visual Artist| January 6, 1999 (1999-01-06)
87| 3| "Paul Robeson: Here I Stand"[82]| St. Clair Bourne| Actor/Performer| February 24, 1999 (1999-02-24)
88| 4| "Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius"[83]| Karen Thomas| Visual Artist| April 7, 1999 (1999-04-07)
89| 5| "Dashiel Hammett"[84]| Joshua Waletsky| Writer| June 30, 1999 (1999-06-30)
90| 6| "Lillian Hellman"[85]| Philip Schopper| Writer| June 30, 1999 (1999-06-30)
91| 7| "Yours For A Song: The Women Of Tin Pan Alley"[86]| Terry Benes| Musician| August 18, 1999 (1999-08-18)

### Season 14 (1999–2000)

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92| 1| "Hitchcock,Selznick And The End Of Hollywood"[87]| Michael Epstein| Director/Producer| November 1, 1999 (1999-11-01)
93| 2| "Norman Rockwell: Painting America"[88]| Elena Mannes| Visual Artist| November 24, 1999 (1999-11-24)
94| 3| "Ella Fitzgerald: Something To Live For"[89]| Charlotte Zwerin| Musician| December 8, 1999 (1999-12-08)
95| 4| "Paul Taylor: Dancemaker"[90]| Matthew Diamond| Dancer/Choreographer| January 5, 2000 (2000-01-05)
96| 5| "Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light"[91]| Lee Grant| Actor/Performer| February 2, 2000 (2000-02-02)
97| 6| "Isaac Stern: Life’S Virtuoso"[92]| Karen Thomas| Musician| April 12, 2000 (2000-04-12)
98| 7| "The Source: The Story Of The Beats And The Beat Generation"[93]| Chuck Workman| Writer| May 31, 2000 (2000-05-31)

### Season 15 (2000–01)

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99| 1| "Clint Eastwood: Out Of The Shadows"[94]| Bruce Ricker| Actor/Performer| September 27, 2000 (2000-09-27)
100| 2| "Norman Mailer: Mailer On Mailer"[95]| Christine Le Goff and Tamar Hacker| Writer| October 4, 2000 (2000-10-04)
101| 3| "George Cuckor: On Cukor"[96]| Robert Trachtenberg| Director/Producer| November 22, 2000 (2000-11-22)
102| 4| "Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy"[97]| Pamela Mason Wagner| Television Personality| December 3, 2000 (2000-12-03)
103| 5| "Bob Marley: Rebel Music"[98]| Jeremy Marre| Musician| February 14, 2001 (2001-02-14)
104| 6| "Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye"[99]| Perry Miller Adato| Photographer| April 16, 2001 (2001-04-16)
105| 8| "A Conversation With Gregory Peck"[100]| Barbara Kopple| Actor/Performer| April 18, 2001 (2001-04-18)
106| 7| "Edward Curtis: Coming To Light"[101]| Anne Makepeace| Photographer| April 23, 2001 (2001-04-23)

### Season 16 (2001–02)

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107| 1| "Samuel Goldwyn"[102]| Peter Jones & Mark Catalena| Director/Producer| October 7, 2001 (2001-10-07)
108| 2| "F. Scott Fitzgerald – Winter Dreams"[103]| DeWitt Sage| Writer| October 14, 2001 (2001-10-14)
109| 3| "Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds"[104]| Roger Sherman| Musician| November 4, 2001 (2001-11-04)
110| 4| "Quincy Jones: In The Pocket"[105]| Michael Kantor| Musician| November 18, 2001 (2001-11-18)
111| 5| "Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records"[106]| Bruce Sinofsky| Musician| November 28, 2001 (2001-11-28)
112| 6| "Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime Of Dance"[107]| Charles Atlas| Dancer/Choreographer| December 16, 2001 (2001-12-16)
113| 7| "Ralph Ellison: An American Journey"[108]| Avon Kirkland| Writer| February 19, 2002 (2002-02-19)
114| 8| "Gene Kelly: Anatomy Of A Dancer"[109]| Robert Trachtenberg| Actor/Performer| March 3, 2002 (2002-03-03)

### Season 17 (2002–03)

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115| 1| "Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving"[110]| Steven Cantor| Musician| October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02)
116| 2| "Lon Chaney: Thousand Faces"[111]| Kevin Brownlow| Actor/Performer| October 30, 2002 (2002-10-30)
117| 3| "Juilliard"[112]| Maro Chermayeff| Institution| January 29, 2003 (2003-01-29)
118| 4| "Alice Waters And Her Delicious Revolution"[113]| Doug Hamilton| Chef| March 19, 2003 (2003-03-19)
119| 5| "Joni Mitchell: Woman Of Heart And Mind"[114]| Susan Lacy| Musician| April 2, 2003 (2003-04-02)
120| 6| "Muddy Waters: Can’T Be Satisfied"[115]| Morgan Neville/ Robert Gordon| Musician| April 23, 2003 (2003-04-23)
121| 7| "Robert Capa: In Love And War"[116]| Anne Makepeace| Photographer| May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28)
122| 8| "The Education Of Gore Vidal"[117]| Deborah Dickson| Writer| July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30)

### Season 18 (2003–04)

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123| 1| "Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan And The Blacklist: None Without Sin"[118]| Michael Epstein| Director/Producer| September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03)
124| 2| "James Brown: Soul Survivor"[119]| Jeremy Marre| Musician| October 29, 2003 (2003-10-29)
125| 3| "Balanchine - Master Of The Dance"[120]| Merrill Brockway| Dancer/Choreographer| January 14, 2004 (2004-01-14)
126| 4| "Judy Garland: By Myself"[121]| Susan Lacy| Actor/Performer| February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25)
127| 5| "A Vision Of Empire: Henry Luce And Time Life’S America"[122]| Stephen Stept| Writer| April 28, 2004 (2004-04-28)
128| 6| "Cary Grant: A Class Apart"[123]| Robert Trachtenberg| Actor/Performer| May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
129| 7| "Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues"[124]| Morgan Neville & Colin Escott| Musician| June 23, 2004 (2004-06-23)
130| 8| "Julia! America’s Favorite Chef"[125]| Marilyn Mellowes| Chef| August 18, 2004 (2004-08-18)

### Season 19 (2005)

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131| 1| "James Dean: Sense Memories"[126]| Gail Levin| Actor/Performer| May 11, 2005 (2005-05-11)
132| 2| "Sweet Honey In The Rock: Raise Your Voice"[127]| Stanley Nelson| Musician| June 29, 2005 (2005-06-29)
133| 3| "George Stevens: A Filmmaker’S Journey"[128]| George Stevens Jr.| Director/Producer| July 13, 2005 (2005-07-13)
134| 4| "Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned"[129]| Kyra Thompson| Television Personality| July 20, 2005 (2005-07-20)
135| 5| "Willa Cather: The Road Is All"[130]| Joel Geyer| Writer| September 7, 2005 (2005-09-07)
136| 6| "Ernest Hemingway: Rivers To The Sea"[131]| DeWitt Sage| Writer| September 14, 2005 (2005-09-14)
137| 7| "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home"[132]| Martin Scorsese| Musician| September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26) (Part 1) September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27) (Part 2)

### Season 20 (2006–07)

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138| 1| "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker And The Legend"[133]| Sam Pollard| Actor/Performer| May 10, 2006 (2006-05-10)
139| 2| "The World Of Nat King Cole"[134]| Ian A. Hunt| Musician| May 17, 2006 (2006-05-17)
140| 3| "Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home"[135]| Peter Frumkin| Musician| July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12)
141| 4| "Marilyn Monroe: Still Life"[136]| Gail Levin| Actor/Performer| July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)
142| 5| "Walter Cronkite: Witness To History"[137]| Catherine Tatge| Journalist| July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26)
143| 6| "Andy Warhol: A Documentary"[138]| Ric Burns| Visual Artist| September 20, 2006 (2006-09-20)
144| 7| "Sketches Of Frank Gehry"[139]| Sydney Pollack| Architect| September 27, 2006 (2006-09-27)
145| 8| "Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens"[140]| Barbara Leibovitz| Photographer| January 3, 2007 (2007-01-03)

### Season 21 (2007)

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146| 1| "Novels Reflections On The American Dream"[141]| Michael Epstein| Writer| April 4, 2007 (2007-04-04)
147| 2| "Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built"[142]| Susan Steinberg| Musician| May 2, 2007 (2007-05-02)
148| 3| "Les Paul: Chasing Sound"[143]| John Paulson| Musician| July 11, 2007 (2007-07-11)
149| 4| "David Hockney: The Colors Of Music"[144]| Maryté Kavaliauskas, Seth Schneidman| Visual Artist| July 18, 2007 (2007-07-18)
150| 5| "John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature"[145]| Lawrence Hott| Visual Artist| July 25, 2007 (2007-07-25)
151| 6| "Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends"[146]| Bruce Ricker| Musician| September 12, 2007 (2007-09-12)
152| 7| "Orozco: Man Of Fire"[147]| Laurie Coyle, Rick Tejada-Flores| Visual Artist| September 19, 2007 (2007-09-19)
153| 8| "Good Ol’ Charles Schulz"[148]| David Van Taylor| Visual Artist| October 29, 2007 (2007-10-29)
154| 9| "Carol Burnett: A Woman Of Character"[149]| Kyra Thompson| Television Personality| November 5, 2007 (2007-11-05)

### Season 22 (2007–08)

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155| 1| "Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song"[150]| Jim Brown| Musician| February 27, 2008 (2008-02-27)
156| 2| "Zora Neale Hurston - Jump At The Sun"[151]| Sam Pollard| Writer| April 9, 2008 (2008-04-09)
157| 3| "Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On"[152]| Sam Pollard| Musician| May 7, 2008 (2008-05-07)
158| 4| "You Must Remember This: The Warner Brothers Story - Part 1"[153]| Richard Schickel| Producers| September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)
159| 4| "You Must Remember This: The Warner Brothers Story - Part 2"[153]| Richard Schickel| Producers| September 24, 2008 (2008-09-24)
160| 4| "You Must Remember This: The Warner Brothers Story - Part 3"[153]| Richard Schickel| Producers| September 25, 2008 (2008-09-25)
161| 4| "The Brothers Warner"[154]| Cass Warner Sperling| Producers| September 25, 2008 (2008-09-25)

### Season 23 (2008–09)

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162| 1| "Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About"[155]| Judy Kinberg| Dancer/Choreographer| February 18, 2009 (2009-02-18)
163| 2| "Glass: A Portrait Of Philip In Twelve Parts"[156]| Scott Hicks| Musician| April 8, 2009 (2009-04-08)
164| 3| "Hollywood Chinese"[157]| Arthur Dong| Actor/Performer| May 27, 2009 (2009-05-27)
165| 4| "Neil Young: Won’t Be Denied"[158]| Unknown| Musician| June 10, 2009 (2009-06-10)
166| 5| "Garrison Keillor: The Man On The Radio In The Red Shoes"[159]| Peter Rosen| Actor/Performer| July 1, 2009 (2009-07-01)
167| 6| "Trumbo"[160]| Peter Askin| Writer| September 2, 2009 (2009-09-02)
168| 7| "Joan Baez : How Sweet The Sound"[161]| Mary Wharton| Musician| October 14, 2009 (2009-10-14)
169| 8| "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women"[162]| Nancy Porter| Writer| December 28, 2009 (2009-12-28)

### Season 24 (2009–10)

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170| 1| "Sam Cooke: Crossing Over"[163]| John Antonelli| Musician| January 11, 2010 (2010-01-11)
171| 2| "I.M. Pei: Building China Modern"[164]| Anne Makepeace| Architect| March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31)
172| 3| "When You’Re Strange: A Film About The Doors"[165]| Tom DiCillo| Musician| May 12, 2010 (2010-05-12)
173| 4| "Merle Haggard: Learning To Live With Myself"[166]| Gandulf Hennig| Musician| July 21, 2010 (2010-07-21)
174| 5| "Cachao: Uno Más"[167]| Dikayl Rimmasch| Musician| September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)
175| 6| "A Letter To Elia/Reflecting On Kazan"[168]| KENT JONES| Director/Producer| October 4, 2010 (2010-10-04)
176| 7| "LennoNYC"[169]| Michael Epstein| Musician| November 22, 2010 (2010-11-22)
177| 8| "Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould"[170]| Michèle Hozer & Peter Raymont| Musician| December 27, 2010 (2010-12-27)

### Season 25 (2010–11)

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178| 1| "Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides"[171]| Gail Levin| Actor/Performer| January 12, 2011 (2011-01-12)
179| 2| "Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor & The Rise Of The Singer-Songwriter"[172]| Morgan Neville| Musician| March 2, 2011 (2011-03-02)
180| 3| "John Muir In The New World"[173]| Catherine Tatge| Environmentalist| April 18, 2011 (2011-04-18)
181| 4| "James Levine: America’s Maestro"[7]| Susan Froemke| Musician| June 1, 2011 (2011-06-01)
182| 5| "Pearl Jam Twenty"[174]| Cameron Crowe| Musician| October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21)
183| 6| "Bill T. Jones: A Good Man"[175]| Gordon Quinn & Bob Hercules| Dancer/Choreographer| November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11)
184| 7| "Woody Allen: A Documentary"[176]| Bob Weide| Director/Producer| November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)
185| 9| "Charles And Ray Eames: The Architect And The Painter"[177]| Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey| Architect| December 19, 2011 (2011-12-19)

### Season 26 (2011–12)

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186| 1| "Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune"[178]| Kenneth Bowser| Musician| January 23, 2012 (2012-01-23)
187| 2| "Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel"[179]| Pamela Roberts and Kathy White| Writer| February 2, 2012 (2012-02-02)
188| 3| "Cab Calloway: Sketches"[180]| Gail Levin| Musician| February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27)
189| 4| "Harper Lee: Hey Boo!"[181]| Mary McDonagh Murphy| Writer| April 2, 2012 (2012-04-02)
190| 5| "Johnny Carson: King Of Late Night"| Peter Jones & Mark Catalena| Television Personality| May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)
191| 6| "The Day Carl Sandburg Died"[182]| Paul Bonesteel| Writer| September 24, 2012 (2012-09-24)
192| 7| "Inventing David Geffen"[183]| Susan Lacy| Director/Producer| November 20, 2012 (2012-11-20)
193| 8| "Joffrey: Mavericks Of American Dance"[184]| Bob Hercules| Dancer/Choreographer| December 28, 2012 (2012-12-28)

### Season 27 (2012–13)

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194| 1| "Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother Of Rock And Roll"[185]| Mick Csaky| Musician| February 22, 2013 (2013-02-22)
195| 2| "Philip Roth: Unmasked"[186]| William Karel and Livia Manera| Writer| March 29, 2013 (2013-03-29)
196| 3| "Mel Brooks: Make A Noise"[187]| Robert Trachtenberg| Director/Producer| May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20)
197| 4| "Billie Jean King"[188]| James Erskine| Athlete| September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)
198| 5| "Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin'"[189]| Bob Smeaton| Musician| November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)

### Season 28 (2013–14)

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199| 1| "Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love"[190]| Dori Berinstein| Musician| December 27, 2013 (2013-12-27)
200| 2| "Salinger"[191]| Shane Salerno| Writer| January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21)
201| 3| "Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth"[192]| Pratibha Parmar| Writer| February 7, 2014 (2014-02-07)
202| 4| "A Fierce Green Fire"[193]| Mark Kitchell| Environmentalists| April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)
203| 5| "Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself"[194]| Luke Poling & Tom Bean| Writer| May 16, 2014 (2014-05-16)
204| 6| "Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon Of A Faun"[195]| Nancy Buirski| Dancer/Choreographer| June 20, 2014 (2014-06-20)
205| 7| "Dorothea Lange: Grab A Hunk Of Lightning"[196]| Dyanna Taylor| Photographer| August 29, 2014 (2014-08-29)
206| 8| "The Boomer List"[197]| Timothy Greenfield-Sanders| Institution| September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)
207| 9| "Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work"[198]| Ricki Stern| Television Personality| September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)
208| 10| "Bing Crosby Rediscovered"[199]| Robert Trachtenberg| Actor/Performer| December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02)

### Season 29 (2014–15)

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209| 1| "Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice"[200]| Molly Bernstein| Actor/Performer| January 23, 2015 (2015-01-23)
210| 2| "August Wilson: The Ground On Which I Stand"[201]| Sam Pollard| Writer| February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20)
211| 3| "Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler"[202]| Peter Rosen| Musician| April 16, 2015 (2015-04-16)
212| 4| "American Ballet Theatre: A History"[203]| Ric Burns| Dancer/Choreographer| May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15)
213| 6| "Althea"[204]| Rex Miller| Athlete| September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04)
214| 7| "Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey"[205]| Raymond Telles & Yvan Iturriaga| Photographer| September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18)
215| 9| "The Women's List"[206]| Timothy Greenfield-Sanders| Institution| September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)

### Season 30 (2015–16)

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216| 1| "Mike Nichols"[207]| Elaine May| Director/Producer| January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)
217| 2| "B.B. King: The Life Of Riley"[208]| Jon Brewer| Musician| February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12)
218| 3| "Carole King: Natural Woman"[209]| George Scott| Musician| February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)
219| 4| "Fats Domino And The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll"[210]| Joe Lauro| Musician| February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)
220| 5| "Loretta Lynn: Still A Mountain Girl"[211]| Vikram Jayanti| Musician| March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)
221| 6| "Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue"[212]| Amy Berg| Musician| May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03)
222| 7| "The Highwaymen: Friends Til The End"[213]| Jim Brown| Musician| May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27)
223| 8| "Norman Lear: Just Another Version Of You"[214]| Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady| Director/Producer| October 25, 2016 (2016-10-25)
224| 9| "Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw The Future"[215]| Peter Rosen| Architect| December 27, 2016 (2016-12-27)

### Season 31 (2016–17)

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225| 1| "By Sidney Lumet"[216]| Nanc y Buirski| Director/Producer| January 3, 2017 (2017-01-03)
226| 2| "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise"[217]| Bob Hercules & Rita Coburn Whack| Writer| February 21, 2017 (2017-02-21)
227| 3| "Patsy Cline: American Masters"[218]| Barbara J. Hall| Musician| March 4, 2017 (2017-03-04)
228| 4| "James Beard: America'S First Foodie"[219]| Elizabeth Federici| Chef| May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19)
229| 5| "Jacques Pépin: The Art Of The Craft"[220]| Peter L. Stein| Chef| May 26, 2017 (2017-05-26)
230| 6| "Richard Linklater - Dream Is Destiny"[221]| Karen Bernstein, Louis Black| Director/Producer| September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)
231| 7| "Tyrus"[222]| Pamela Tom| Visual Artist| September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)
232| 8| "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive"[223]| Eric Stange| Writer| October 30, 2017 (2017-10-30)
233| 9| "This Is Bob Hope…"[224]| John Scheinfeld| Actor/Performer| December 29, 2017 (2017-12-29)

### Season 32 (2017–18)

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234| 1| "Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart"[225]| Tracy Heather Strain| Writer| January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)
235| 3| "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story"[226]| Alexandra Dean| Actor/Performer| May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)
236| 4| "Ted Williams:"The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived""[227]| Nick Davis| Athlete| July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23)
237| 5| "Eva Hesse"[228]| Marcie Begleiter| Visual Artist| August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
238| 6| "Everybody Knows… Elizabeth Murray"[229]| Kristi Zea| Visual Artist| September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)
239| 7| "Wyeth"[230]| Glenn Holsten| Visual Artist| September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)
240| 8| "Basquiat: Rage To Riches"[231]| David Shulman| Visual Artist| September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)
241| 9| "Itzhak"[232]| Alison Chernick| Musician| October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14)

### Season 33 (2018–19)

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242| 1| "Decoding Watson"[233]| Mark Mannucci| Scientist| January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)
243| 2| "Sammy Davis, Jr.: I'Ve Gotta Be Me"[234]| Sam Pollard| Musician| February 19, 2019 (2019-02-19)
244| 3| "Charley Pride: I'm Just Me"[235]| Barbara Hall| Musician| February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)
245| 4| "Holly Near: Singing For Our Lives"[236]| Jim Brown| Musician| March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)
246| 5| "Joseph Pulitzer: Voice Of The People"[237]| Oren Rudavsky| Journalist| April 12, 2019 (2019-04-12)
247| 6| "Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable"[238]| Sasha Waters Freyer| Photographer| April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)
248| 8| "Terrence McNally: Every Act Of Life"[239]| Jeff Kaufman| Writer| June 14, 2019 (2019-06-14)
249| 7| "Robert Shaw: Man Of Many Voices"[240]| Pamela Roberts, Peter Miller| Musician| June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
250| 9| "Worlds Of Ursula K. Le Guin"[241]| Arwen Curry| Writer| August 2, 2019 (2019-08-02)
251| 10| "Raul Julia: The World's A Stage"[242]| Ben DeJesus| Actor/Performer| September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
252| 11| "Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous"[243]| Eric Slade| Visual Artist| October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)
253| 12| "N. Scott Momaday: Words From A Bear"[244]| Jeffrey Palmer| Writer| November 18, 2019 (2019-11-18)

### Season 34 (2019–20)

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254| 1| "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool"[245]| Stanley Nelson| Musician| February 25, 2020 (2020-02-25)
255| 2| "Mae West: Dirty Blonde"[246]| Sally Rosenthal, Julia Marchesi| Actor/Performer| June 16, 2020 (2020-06-16)
256| 3| "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"[247]| Timothy Greenfield-Sanders| Writer| June 23, 2020 (2020-06-23)
257| 4| "Unladylike2020: The Changemakers"[248]| Charlotte Mangin, Sandra Rattley| Institution| July 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)
258| 5| "Walter Winchell: The Power Of Gossip"[249]| Ben Loeterman| Journalist| October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)
259| 6| "Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is"[250]| Susan Froemke| Musician| October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23)
261| 7| "Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie To Page"[251]| Mary Murphy| Writer| December 29, 2020 (2020-12-29)
260| 8| "Keith Haring: Street Art Boy"[252]| Ben Anthony| Visual Artist| December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)

### Season 35 (2020–21)

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262| 1| "How It Feels To Be Free"[253]| Yoruba Richen| Actors/Performers| January 18, 2021 (2021-01-18)
263| 2| "Flannery"[254]| Elizabeth Coffman, Mark Bosco| Writer| March 23, 2021 (2021-03-23)
264| 3| "Twyla Moves"[255]| Steven Cantor| Dancer/Choreographer| March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26)
265| 4| "Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story"[256]| Kevin S. Bright, Jeff Consiglio| Musician| April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
266| 5| "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life"[257]| Ric Burns| Scientist| April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)
267| 6| "Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir"[258]| Jamie Redford| Writer| May 3, 2021 (2021-05-03)
268| 7| "Ballerina Boys"[259]| Chana Gazit, Martie Barylick| Dancers/Choreographers| June 4, 2021 (2021-06-04)
269| 8| "Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away"[260]| Devin Amar, Matt Mitchener, Charles Todd| Musician| July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)
270| 9| "Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It"[261]| Mariem Pérez Riera| Actor/Performer| October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05)
271| 10| "Becoming Helen Keller"[262]| Michael Pressman| Writer| October 19, 2021 (2021-10-19)

### Season 36 (2022)

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272| 1| "Ailey"[263]| Jamila Wignot| Dancer/Choreographer| January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)
273| 2| "Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands"[264]| Rita Coburn| Singer| May 10, 2022 (2022-05-10)
274| 3| "Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha"[265]| Isaac Halasima| Athlete| February 8, 2022 (2022-02-08)
275| 4| "Joe Papp in Five Acts"[266]| Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen| Producer/Director| June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)
276| 5| "Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road"[267]| Brent Wilson| Singer| June 14, 2022 (2022-06-14)
277| 6| "Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On"[268]| Madison Thomas| Singer| November 22, 2022 (2022-11-22)
278| 7| "The Adventures of Saul Bellow"[269]| Asaf Galay| Writer| December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12)
279| 8| "Groucho & Cavett"[270]| Robert S. Bader| Comedian| December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)

### Season 37 (2023)

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273| 1| "Roberta Flack"[271]| Antonino D’Ambrosio| Singer| January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)

Roberta Flack’s virtuosity was inseparable from her commitment to civil rights.

274| 2| "Dr. Tony Fauci"[272]| Mark Mannucci| Scientist, Public Servant| March 21, 2023 (2023-03-21)

Anthony Fauci has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President for seven different administrations in the U.S.

275| 3| "In The Making"[273]| Christine Turner, Dilsey Davis| J'Nai Bridges - Opera Singer, Rissi Palmer - Singer| March 21, 2023 (2023-03-21)

Two films focused on two barrier–breaking musicians: opera singer J’Nai Bridges and country artist Rissi Palmer.

276| 4| "Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV"[274]| Amanda Kim| Visual Artist| May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)

The world through the eyes of Nam June Paik, the father of video art and coiner of the term "electronic superhighway."

277| 5| "Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll"[275]| James House| Musician| June 2, 2023 (2023-06-02)

The legacy of Little Richard, including his advocacy for the rights of Black artists in the music industry.

278| 6| "Jerry Brown: The Disrupter"[276]| Marina Zenovich| Politician| September 15, 2023 (2023-09-15)

The political and personal journey of Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history.

279| 7| "Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely"[277]| Yael Melamede| Lawyer| September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22)

The 50-year career of First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams.

280| 8| "A Song for Cesar"[278]| Andres Alegria & Abel Sanchez| Union & civil rights activist| September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)

The legacy of Cesar Chavez and how music and the arts were instrumental to the success of the farmworkers’ movement he helped found.

281| 9| "Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes"[279]| Sam Pollard & Ben Shapiro| Musician| October 6, 2023 (2023-10-06)

The music of Max Roach and how he was inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him.

282| 10| "José Clemente Orozco: Hombre de Fuego (En Español)"[280]| Laurie Coyle & Rick Tejada-Flores| Visual Artist| October 7, 2023 (2023-10-07)

The Spanish language version of "José Clemente Orozco: Man of Fire," the series' seventh installment of Season 21.

### Season 38 (2024)

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283| 1| "Hopper: An American Love Story"[281]| Phil Grabsky & Michael Cascio| Visual Artist| January 2, 2024 (2024-01-02)
284| 2| "Moynihan"[282]| Joseph Dorman & Toby Perl Freilich| Politician/Diplomat| March 29, 2024 (2024-03-29)
285| 3| "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley"[283]| Barak Goodman| Author/Commentator| April 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)
286| 4| "Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames"[284]| Danny Gold| Director/Screenwriter/Producer| August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)
287| 5| "Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined"[285]| Adriana Bosch| Poet/Novelist| September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
288| 6| "Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around"[286]| Barbara Hall| Singer| December 16, 2024 (2024-12-16)

## Upcoming episodes

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"Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House"[287] | Jeff L. Lieberman | tbd
"The Disappearance of Miss Scott"[288] | Nicole London  | tbd
"Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire"[289] | Oren Rudavsky | tbd
"Hannah Arendt: A Dangerous Mind"[290] | Carl Deal & Tia Lessin | tbd
"Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of This World"[291] | Sasha Waters | tbd
"W.E.B. Du Bois"[292] | Rita Coburn  | tbd

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28. ^ "Group Theatre ~ About the Group Theatre | American Masters". PBS. December 29, 1997.
29. ^ "Harold Clurman ~ About Harold Clurman | American Masters". PBS. December 3, 2003.
30. ^ "Stella Adler ~ About Stella Adler | American Masters". PBS. November 24, 2000.
31. ^ "Louis Armstrong ~Louis Armstrong Biography | American Masters". PBS. July 6, 2005.
32. ^ "James Baldwin ~ Preview the Film | American Masters". PBS. September 2, 2013.
33. ^ "How Charlie "YardBird" Parker got his nickname | American Masters". PBS. August 27, 2020.
34. ^ "Neil Simon ~ About Neil Simon | American Masters". PBS. November 3, 2000.
35. ^ "Jasper Johns ~ About the Painter | American Masters". PBS. March 28, 2008.
36. ^ "Mort Sahl ~ Mort Sahl biography | American Masters". PBS. March 19, 2006.
37. ^ "W. Eugene Smith ~ About W. Eugene Smith | American Masters". PBS. April 18, 2002.
38. ^ "Harold Lloyd ~ About Harold Lloyd | American Masters". PBS. January 12, 2006.
39. ^ "Milos Forman ~ About Milos Forman | American Masters". PBS. December 12, 2003.
40. ^ "Preston Sturges ~ About Preston Sturges | American Masters". PBS. October 8, 1997.
41. ^ "John Cassavetes ~ About John Cassavetes | American Masters". PBS. November 24, 2000.
42. ^ "Martin Scorsese ~ About Martin Scorsese | American Masters". PBS. May 8, 2004.
43. ^ "Cole Porter ~ About the Musician and Composer | American Masters". PBS. September 16, 2005.
44. ^ "Edward R. Murrow ~ This Reporter | American Masters". PBS. February 2, 2007.
45. ^ "John Hammond ~ About John Hammond | American Masters". PBS. December 30, 2005.
46. ^ "John Cage ~ John Cage Biography | American Masters". PBS. August 2001.
47. ^ "Helen Hayes ~ About Helen Hayes | American Masters". PBS. December 30, 2002.
48. ^ "Actor's Studio ~ About the Actor's Studio | American Masters". PBS. October 13, 1997.
49. ^ "Albert Einstein ~ How I See the World | American Masters". PBS. August 16, 2006.
50. ^ "Sarah Vaughan ~ About Sarah Vaughan | American Masters". PBS. October 8, 2005.
51. ^ "Frederic Remington ~ About Frederic Remington | American Masters". PBS. February 17, 2003.
52. ^ "Yehudi Menuhin ~ About Yehudi Menuhin | American Masters". PBS. October 28, 2006.
53. ^ "Robert Motherwell ~ About Robert Motherwell | American Masters". PBS. November 8, 2002.
54. ^ "Ray Charles ~ About Ray Charles | American Masters". PBS. May 17, 2006.
55. ^ "Waldo Salt ~ About Waldo Salt | American Masters". PBS. December 11, 2006.
56. ^ "Paul Simon ~ About Paul Simon | American Masters". PBS. February 26, 2001.
57. ^ "George Lucas ~ About George Lucas | American Masters". PBS. January 13, 2004.
58. ^ "D.W. Griffith ~ About D.W. Griffith | American Masters". PBS. December 29, 1998.
59. ^ "Benny Goodman ~ About Benny Goodman | American Masters". PBS. December 29, 2000.
60. ^ "Martha Graham ~ Martha Graham Biography | American Masters". PBS. September 16, 2005.
61. ^ "Will Rogers ~ About Will Rogers | American Masters". PBS. April 26, 1999.
62. ^ "Tennessee Williams ~ Tennessee Williams Biography | American Masters". PBS. February 8, 1999.
63. ^ "Placido Domingo ~ About Placido Domingo | American Masters". PBS. December 3, 2002.
64. ^ "Rod Serling ~ About Rod Serling | American Masters". PBS. December 29, 2003.
65. ^ "William Styron ~ About William Styron | American Masters". PBS. October 8, 2002.
66. ^ "9 Iconic Portraits by Photographer Richard Avedon, Now on Instagram | American Masters". PBS. May 15, 2020.
67. ^ "R. Buckminster Fuller ~ About R. Buckminster Fuller | American Masters". PBS. December 12, 2001.
68. ^ "Nichols & May ~ About Mike Nichols and Elaine May | American Masters". PBS. January 8, 2005.
69. ^ "Lena Horne ~ Lena Horne Biography | American Masters". PBS. May 14, 2010.
70. ^ "Danny Kaye ~ About the Actor | American Masters". PBS. September 16, 2005.
71. ^ "Man Ray ~ Prophet of the Avant-Garde | American Masters". PBS. September 17, 2005.
72. ^ "Jack Paar ~ About Jack Paar | American Masters". PBS. November 21, 2006.
73. ^ "Isamu Noguchi ~ About Isamu Noguchi | American Masters". PBS. January 3, 2001.
74. ^ "Allen Ginsberg ~ About Allen Ginsberg | American Masters". PBS. December 29, 2002.
75. ^ "Vaudeville ~ About Vaudeville | American Masters". PBS. October 8, 1999.
76. ^ "Billy Wilder ~ About Billy Wilder | American Masters". PBS. October 8, 2006.
77. ^ "Lou Reed ~ About Lou Reed | American Masters". PBS. October 29, 2013.
78. ^ "Don Hewitt ~ About Don Hewitt | American Masters". PBS. August 19, 2009.
79. ^ "Alexander Calder ~ About the Artist | American Masters". PBS. August 12, 2006.
80. ^ "Leonard Bernstein ~ Leonard Bernstein Biography | American Masters". PBS. September 6, 2006.
81. ^ "Al Hirschfeld ~ About al Hirschfeld | American Masters". PBS. October 31, 2000.
82. ^ "Paul Robeson ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. August 26, 2006.
83. ^ "Robert Rauschenberg ~ About the Artist | American Masters". PBS. October 28, 2006.
84. ^ "Dashiell Hammett ~ About Dashiell Hammett | American Masters". PBS. December 30, 2003.
85. ^ "Lillian Hellman ~ About Lillian Hellman | American Masters". PBS. December 30, 2001.
86. ^ "Women of Tin Pan Alley ~ About the Women of Tin Pan Alley | American Masters". PBS. October 8, 1998.
87. ^ "David O. Selznick ~ About David O. Selznick | American Masters". PBS. April 16, 2005.
88. ^ "Norman Rockwell ~ About Norman Rockwell | American Masters". PBS. February 7, 2006.
89. ^ "Ella Fitzgerald ~ Something to Live for | American Masters". PBS. June 2005.
90. ^ "Paul Taylor ~ About Paul Taylor | American Masters". PBS. October 8, 2001.
91. ^ "4 Ways Sidney Poitier was a trailblazer on and off the screen | American Masters". PBS. February 16, 2021.
92. ^ "Isaac Stern ~ About Isaac Stern | American Masters". PBS. October 8, 2007.
93. ^ "The Source ~ About the Source | American Masters". PBS. October 2001.
94. ^ "Clint Eastwood ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. December 12, 2004.
95. ^ "Norman Mailer ~ A Brief History of Norman Mailer | American Masters". PBS. October 19, 2001.
96. ^ "George Cukor ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. November 23, 2002.
97. ^ "Lucille Ball ~ Finding Lucy | American Masters". PBS. September 21, 2006.
98. ^ "Bob Marley Biography | American Masters". PBS. February 14, 2001.
99. ^ "Alfred Stieglitz ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. April 16, 2001.
100. ^ "Gregory Peck ~ About Gregory Peck | American Masters". PBS. April 18, 2001.
101. ^ "Edward Curtis ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. April 24, 2001.
102. ^ "Sam Goldwyn ~ About Sam Goldwyn | American Masters". PBS. July 17, 2005.
103. ^ "F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Filmmaker Interview - DeWitt Sage | American Masters". PBS. August 31, 2005.
104. ^ "Richard Rodgers ~ About Richard Rodgers | American Masters". PBS. February 1999.
105. ^ "Quincy Jones ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. June 22, 2005.
106. ^ "Sun Records ~ Director Bruce Sinofsky: An in Memoriam Tribute | American Masters". PBS. February 24, 2015.
107. ^ "Merce Cunningham ~ Filmmaker Interview - Charles Atlas | American Masters". PBS. December 17, 2001.
108. ^ "Ralph Ellison ~ an American Journey | American Masters". PBS. August 24, 2005.
109. ^ "Gene Kelly ~ Anatomy of a Dancer | American Masters". PBS. June 8, 2006.
110. ^ "Willie Nelson ~ Filmmaker Interview - Steven Cantor | American Masters". PBS. October 2, 2002.
111. ^ "Lon Chaney ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. October 30, 2002.
112. ^ "Juilliard ~ About Juilliard | American Masters". PBS. January 29, 2003.
113. ^ "Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. April 28, 2017.
114. ^ "Joni Mitchell ~ Filmmaker Interview - Susan Lacy | American Masters". PBS. April 2, 2003.
115. ^ "Muddy Waters ~ Can't be Satisfied | American Masters". PBS. May 24, 2006.
116. ^ "Robert Capa ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. May 28, 2006.
117. ^ "Gore Vidal ~ About Gore Vidal | American Masters". PBS. July 27, 2003.
118. ^ "Elia Kazan ~ About Elia Kazan | American Masters". PBS. September 3, 2003.
119. ^ "James Brown ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. October 29, 2003.
120. ^ "George Balanchine ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. January 14, 2004.
121. ^ "Judy Garland ~ Preview Judy Garland: By Myself | American Masters". PBS. June 22, 2012.
122. ^ "Henry Luce ~ Filmmaker Interview - Stephen Stept | American Masters". PBS. April 28, 2004.
123. ^ "Cary Grant ~ Filmmaker Interview | American Masters". PBS. May 25, 2005.
124. ^ "Hank Williams ~ About Hank Williams | American Masters". PBS. August 10, 2005.
125. ^ "Julia! America's Favorite Chef ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. April 28, 2017.
126. ^ "James Dean ~ Filmmaker Interview - Gail Levin | American Masters". PBS. May 12, 2005.
127. ^ "Sweet Honey in the Rock ~ About Sweet Honey in the Rock | American Masters". PBS. June 29, 2005.
128. ^ "George Stevens ~ About George Stevens | American Masters". PBS. July 13, 2005.
129. ^ "Bob Newhart ~ Filmmaker Interview - Kyra Thompson | American Masters". PBS. July 20, 2005.
130. ^ "Willa Cather ~ About Willa Cather | American Masters". PBS. September 7, 2005.
131. ^ "Ernest Hemingway ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. September 14, 2005.
132. ^ "Bob Dylan ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. June 29, 2006.
133. ^ "John Ford and John Wayne ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. May 10, 2006.
134. ^ "Nat King Cole ~ About Nat King Cole | American Masters". PBS. May 18, 2006.
135. ^ "Woody Guthrie ~ Preview Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home | American Masters". PBS. November 5, 2012.
136. ^ "Marilyn Monroe Essay by Gloria Steinam | American Masters". PBS. July 19, 2006.
137. ^ "Walter Cronkite ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. July 27, 2006.
138. ^ "Andy Warhol Biography | American Masters". PBS. September 20, 2006.
139. ^ "Frank Gehry ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. September 20, 2006.
140. ^ "Annie Leibovitz ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. January 3, 2007.
141. ^ "Novel Reflections on the American Dream ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. March 15, 2007.
142. ^ "Ahmet Ertegun ~ Atlantic Records | American Masters". PBS. May 2, 2007.
143. ^ "Les Paul ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. July 11, 2007.
144. ^ "David Hockney ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. July 18, 2007.
145. ^ "John James Audubon ~ Bird Illustration Gallery | American Masters". PBS. July 25, 2007.
146. ^ "Interview | Tony Bennett's Best Advice for New Singers | American Masters". PBS. September 12, 2007.
147. ^ "José Clemente Orozco ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. September 19, 2007.
148. ^ "Charles Schulz ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. October 29, 2007.
149. ^ "Carol Burnett ~ Audio Carrie and Me | American Masters". PBS. April 4, 2013.
150. ^ "Pete Seeger ~ Filmmaker Interview - Jim Brown | American Masters". PBS. February 27, 2008.
151. ^ "Zora Neale Hurston ~ Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. April 9, 2008.
152. ^ "Marvin Gaye ~ Interview with Filmmaker Sam Pollard | American Masters". PBS. May 7, 2008.
153. ^ a b c "The Brothers Warner ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. September 9, 2008.
154. ^ "The Brothers Warner ~ Filmmaker Notes - Cass Warner Sperling | American Masters". PBS. September 8, 2008.
155. ^ "Jerome Robbins ~ About the Artist | American Masters". PBS. January 27, 2009.
156. ^ "Philip Glass ~ GLASS: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts | American Masters". PBS. March 4, 2009.
157. ^ "Hollywood Chinese ~ Introduction | American Masters". PBS. March 20, 2009.
158. ^ "Neil Young ~ Don't be Denied | American Masters". PBS. May 28, 2009.
159. ^ "Garrison Keillor ~ Film Outtakes: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes | American Masters". PBS. August 2, 2013.
160. ^ "Dalton Trumbo ~ About Dalton Trumbo | American Masters". PBS. August 11, 2009.
161. ^ "Joan Baez ~ About Joan Baez | American Masters". PBS. September 24, 2009.
162. ^ "Louisa May Alcott ~ Interview Outtakes from the Film | American Masters". PBS. December 15, 2009.
163. ^ "Sam Cooke ~ Crossing over | American Masters". PBS. January 2010.
164. ^ "I.M. Pei ~ Building China Modern | American Masters". PBS. February 2010.
165. ^ "The Doors ~ Interview with Robby Krieger | American Masters". PBS. April 27, 2010.
166. ^ "Merle Haggard ~ Learning to Live with Myself | American Masters". PBS. July 2010.
167. ^ "Cachao: Uno Más ~ About Cachao | American Masters". PBS. September 8, 2010.
168. ^ "A Letter to Elia ~ About Elia Kazan | American Masters". PBS. September 30, 2010.
169. ^ "LENNONYC ~ John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York City: A Timeline | American Masters". PBS. November 22, 2010.
170. ^ "Genius within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould ~ Timeline | American Masters". PBS. December 13, 2010.
171. ^ "Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides ~ Outtakes: Working with Hal Ashby | American Masters". PBS. January 12, 2011.
172. ^ "Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. January 20, 2011.
173. ^ "John Muir in the New World ~ About the Documentary Film | American Masters". PBS. February 23, 2011.
174. ^ "Pearl Jam Twenty ~ About the Documentary Film | American Masters". PBS. July 19, 2011.
175. ^ "Bill T. Jones: A Good Man ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. July 21, 2011.
176. ^ "Woody Allen: A Documentary ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. July 21, 2011.
177. ^ "Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. November 16, 2011.
178. ^ "Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune ~ About the Documentary | American Masters". PBS. December 20, 2011.
179. ^ "Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel ~ About the Documentary | American Masters". PBS. February 9, 2012.
180. ^ "Cab Calloway: Sketches ~ About the Documentary | American Masters". PBS. January 19, 2012.
181. ^ "Harper Lee ~ About the Documentary | American Masters". PBS. June 4, 2015.
182. ^ "Carl Sandburg ~ Carl Sandburg Biography and Timeline | American Masters". PBS. August 18, 2012.
183. ^ "Inventing David Geffen ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. November 7, 2012.
184. ^ "Joffrey ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. December 13, 2012.
185. ^ "Timeline: The Years of Sister Rosetta Tharpe | American Masters". PBS. December 28, 2012.
186. ^ "Philip Roth ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. December 9, 2015.
187. ^ "Bernadette Peters on Mel Brooks: "...he'll get away with things because they were truly funny." | American Masters". PBS. August 21, 2020.
188. ^ "Billie Jean King ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. September 26, 2017.
189. ^ "Jimi Hendrix ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. September 18, 2013.
190. ^ "Marvin Hamlisch ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. August 31, 2015.
191. ^ "JD Salinger ~ Timeline of Major Events | American Masters". PBS. January 16, 2014.
192. ^ "Alice Walker ~ Biography and Awards | American Masters". PBS. February 14, 2014.
193. ^ "A Fierce Green Fire ~ Timeline of Environmental Movement and History | American Masters". PBS. April 15, 2014.
194. ^ "George Plimpton ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. August 31, 2015.
195. ^ "Tanaquil le Clercq ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. August 31, 2015.
196. ^ "Watch "Dorothea Lange — Under the Trees," an intimate documentary of the American photographer from 1965 | American Masters". PBS. August 21, 2020.
197. ^ "Author Tim O'Brien's Most Powerful Memory of the Vietnam War Has "Nothing to do with Bullets" | American Masters". PBS.
198. ^ "Did Joan Rivers' rise to success get her "blacklisted" by Johnny Carson? | American Masters". PBS. September 3, 2021.
199. ^ "Bing Crosby ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. October 6, 2014.
200. ^ "Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice ~ Biography of Ricky Jay | American Masters". PBS. January 22, 2015.
201. ^ "August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand ~ Film Preview | American Masters". PBS. December 18, 2014.
202. ^ "Jascha Heifetz ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. August 28, 2015.
203. ^ "American Ballet Theatre ~ Preview the Film | American Masters". PBS. April 20, 2015.
204. ^ "Althea ~ Althea Gibson Biographical Timeline | American Masters". PBS. August 31, 2015.
205. ^ "Pedro e. Guerrero ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. August 5, 2015.
206. ^ "The Women's List ~ Preview the Film | American Masters". PBS. September 10, 2015.
207. ^ "Mike Nichols ~ Timeline | American Masters". PBS. January 5, 2016.
208. ^ "B.B. King: The Life of Riley ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. January 6, 2016.
209. ^ "Why doesn't anyone talk about Carole King's other No. 1 album (Including her)? | American Masters". PBS. March 24, 2021.
210. ^ "Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. January 8, 2016.
211. ^ "Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. January 11, 2016.
212. ^ "Janis Joplin ~ Janis: Little Girl Blue - About the Film | American Masters". PBS. January 19, 2016.
213. ^ "The Highwaymen: Friends till the End ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. March 29, 2016.
214. ^ "Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. July 6, 2016.
215. ^ "Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch Completed Today in 1965 | Blog | American Masters". PBS.
216. ^ "American Masters Pictures: "By Sidney Lumet" Premiere | Blog | American Masters". PBS.
217. ^ "Trailer: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | American Masters". PBS. February 10, 2021.
218. ^ "Patsy Cline ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. February 7, 2017.
219. ^ "James Beard: America's First Foodie ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. April 26, 2017.
220. ^ "Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021.
221. ^ "Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. July 21, 2017.
222. ^ "The Legacy of Tyrus Wong". PBS. July 21, 2017.
223. ^ "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive ~ Edgar Allan Poe Documentary | American Masters". PBS. July 21, 2017.
224. ^ "This is Bob Hope... ~ Bob Hope Documentary | American Masters". PBS. November 13, 2017.
225. ^ "Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart ~ Lorraine Hansberry Biographical Timeline | American Masters". PBS. January 11, 2018.
226. ^ "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story ~ About Hedy Lamarr Documentary | American Masters". PBS. January 8, 2018.
227. ^ "Ted Williams: "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived" ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. June 7, 2018.
228. ^ "Eva Hesse ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. August 2, 2018.
229. ^ "Everybody Knows...Elizabeth Murray ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. August 2, 2018.
230. ^ "Wyeth ~ Andrew Wyeth Timeline | American Masters". PBS. September 7, 2018.
231. ^ "Basquiat: Rage to Riches ~ About the Film | American Masters". PBS. August 2, 2018.
232. ^ "American Masters : Itzhak ~ Itzhak Perlman Documentary Trailer | American Masters". PBS. July 27, 2018.
233. ^ "American Masters: Decoding Watson ~ James Watson biographical timeline | American Masters". PBS. December 17, 2018.
234. ^ "Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta be Me ~ About the Sammy Davis, Jr. Documentary | American Masters". PBS. December 17, 2018.
235. ^ "Charley Pride biography | American Masters". PBS. December 16, 2020.
236. ^ "American Masters – Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives ~ About | American Masters". PBS. January 11, 2019.
237. ^ "Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People ~ About | American Masters". PBS. March 13, 2019.
238. ^ "Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable ~ About | American Masters". PBS. March 13, 2019.
239. ^ "Learn About Terence McNally Film | American Masters". PBS. January 22, 2019.
240. ^ "Robert Shaw – Man of Many Voices ~ Biography | American Masters". PBS. May 20, 2019.
241. ^ "Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin ~ About | American Masters". PBS. July 2019.
242. ^ "Raúl Juliá: The World's a Stage Preview | American Masters". PBS. February 9, 2021.
243. ^ "Rothko: Pictures Must be Miraculous Preview | American Masters". PBS. February 9, 2021.
244. ^ "Words from a Bear | Trailer | American Masters". PBS. February 9, 2021.
245. ^ "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool ~ Miles Davis documentary | American Masters". PBS. December 10, 2019.
246. ^ "Mae West: Dirty Blonde | American Masters". PBS. February 8, 2021.
247. ^ "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am | American Masters". PBS. February 8, 2021.
248. ^ "Unladylike2020: The Changemakers | American Masters". PBS. February 8, 2021.
249. ^ "Walter Winchell documentary | American Masters". PBS. February 8, 2021.
250. ^ "Michael Tilson Thomas Biography | American Masters". PBS. September 29, 2020.
251. ^ "Laura Ingalls Wilder documentary | American Masters". PBS. February 8, 2021.
252. ^ "Keith Haring documentary | American Masters". PBS. February 8, 2021.
253. ^ "How It Feels to be Free ~ Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier documentary | American Masters". PBS. February 8, 2021.
254. ^ "Flannery | American Masters". PBS. January 13, 2021.
255. ^ "Twyla Moves | American Masters". PBS. January 14, 2021.
256. ^ "Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story | American Masters". PBS. March 8, 2021.
257. ^ "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life | American Masters". PBS. March 19, 2021.
258. ^ "Amy Tan's writing inspiration | American Masters". PBS. April 16, 2021.
259. ^ "Ballerina Boys | American Masters". PBS. May 4, 2021.
260. ^ "Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away | American Masters". PBS. May 21, 2021.
261. ^ "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It ~ Rita Moreno documentary | American Masters". PBS. July 29, 2019.
262. ^ "Helen Keller documentary | American Masters". PBS. August 30, 2021.
263. ^ "Alvin Ailey documentary | American Masters". PBS. January 13, 2021.
264. ^ "Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands | American Masters". PBS. January 21, 2023.
265. ^ "Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha | American Masters". PBS. January 21, 2023.
266. ^ "Joe Papp in Five Acts | American Masters". PBS. January 21, 2023.
267. ^ "Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road | American Masters". PBS. January 21, 2023.
268. ^ "Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On | American Masters". PBS. January 21, 2023.
269. ^ "The Adventures of Saul Bellow | American Masters". PBS. January 21, 2023.
270. ^ "Groucho & Cavett | American Masters". PBS. January 21, 2023.
271. ^ "Robert Flack | American Masters". PBS. March 27, 2023.
272. ^ "Dr. Tony Fauci | American Masters". PBS. March 27, 2023.
273. ^ "In The Making | American Masters". PBS. March 27, 2023.
274. ^ "Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV | American Masters". PBS. November 7, 2023.
275. ^ "Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll | American Masters". PBS. November 7, 2023.
276. ^ "Jerry Brown: The Disrupter | American Masters". PBS. November 7, 2023.
277. ^ "Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely | American Masters". PBS. November 7, 2023.
278. ^ "A Song for Cesar | American Masters". PBS. November 7, 2023.
279. ^ "Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | American Masters". PBS. November 7, 2023.
280. ^ "José Clemente Orozco: Hombre de Fuego | American Masters". PBS. November 7, 2023.
281. ^ "Hopper: An American Love Story | American Masters". PBS. November 19, 2024.
282. ^ "Moynihan | American Masters". PBS. November 19, 2024.
283. ^ "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley | American Masters". PBS. November 19, 2024.
284. ^ "Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames | American Masters". PBS. November 19, 2024.
285. ^ "Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined | American Masters". PBS. November 19, 2024.
286. ^ "Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around | American Masters". PBS. November 19, 2024.
287. ^ "Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House" (official website). Retrieved November 7, 2023.
288. ^ "The Disappearance of Miss Scott" - The Better Angels Society. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
289. ^ "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire" - The Better Angels Society. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
290. ^ "Hannah Arendt: A Dangerous Mind" - The Better Angels Society. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
291. ^ "Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of This World" - The Better Angels Society. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
292. ^ "W.E.B. Du Bois" - The Better Angels Society. Retrieved November 7, 2023.

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