Episode guide
American Masters: Season 23
8 episodes · first aired Feb 18, 2009
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- 1 Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About Feb 18, 2009 · 1h 30m The work of the American dance pioneer and choreographer who brought ballet techniques to the Broadway stage.
- 2 Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Apr 8, 2009 · 1h 30m Scott Hicks' acclaimed 2007 film on a year in the life of the modern experimental composer.
- 3 Hollywood Chinese May 27, 2009 · 1h 30m From the first Chinese-American film produced in 1916, to Ang Lee's triumphant Brokeback Mountain nine decades later, this films brings together a group of actors, writers, directors…
- 4 Neil Young: Don't Be Denied Jun 10, 2009 · 1h 30m The work of the legendary rock musician and his artistic and intellectual transitions over the decades.
- 5 Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes Jul 1, 2009 · 1h 30m A retrospective on the famed radio personality and author centering on A Prairie Home Companion.
- 6 Trumbo Sep 2, 2009 · 1h 30m An account of Dalton Trumbo, a powerful motion picture screenwriter who refused to succumb to the stigma of the Hollywood "blacklist" and rose to prominence once again.
- 7 Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound Oct 14, 2009 · 1h 30m The folk music career of Joan Baez and the progressive movements she both participated in and influenced.
- 8 Louisa May Alcott: the Woman Behind 'Little Women' Dec 28, 2009 · 1h 30m 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.