Episode guide
American Masters: Season 33
12 episodes · first aired Jan 2, 2019
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- 1 Decoding Watson Jan 2, 2019 · 1h 30m Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. With unprecedented access to Watson and his family, "American Masters…
- 2 Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me Feb 19, 2019 · 1h 30m Sammy Davis, Jr. had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, so vast and multi-faceted that it was dizzying in its scope and scale. And yet, his life was complex, complicated…
- 3 Charley Pride Feb 22, 2019 · 1h 30m Raised in segregated Mississippi, country performer Charley Pride proves artistic expression can triumph over prejudice and injustice.
- 4 Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives Mar 1, 2019 · 1h 30m For 40 years, singer and activist Holly Near works on global social justice coalition-building in the women's and lesbian movements.
- 5 Joseph Pulitzer: Voice Of The People Apr 12, 2019 · 1h 30m Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer becomes one of America's most feared and admired newspaper moguls and a crusader for freedom of the press.
- 6 Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable Apr 19, 2019 · 1h 30m A documentary about an important American still photographer who captured New York City in the 1960s (his work there is said to have influenced the TV show Mad Men) and later the West in…
- 7 Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life Jun 14, 2019 · 1h 30m Playwright, librettist, scriptwriter and outspoken LGBTQ activist Terrence McNally has long believed in the power of the arts to transform society and make a difference. The film lifts the…
- 8 Robert Shaw -- Man of Many Voices Jun 21, 2019 · 1h 30m A profile of the conductor, his work with the civil rights movement, and his musical legacy.
- 9 Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin Aug 2, 2019 · 1h 30m Explore the remarkable life and legacy of late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin whose groundbreaking work, including “The Left Hand of Darkness,” transformed American literature by…
- 10 Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage Sep 13, 2019 · 1h 30m American Masters and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES join forces to present the first documentary about Raúl Juliá, the versatile Puerto Rican actor whose work on stage and screen took…
- 11 Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous Oct 25, 2019 · 1h 30m Explore the life of the celebrated artist whose luminous color field paintings helped define the abstract expressionist movement, which shifted the art world epicenter from Paris to New…
- 12 N. Scott Momaday: Words From a Bear Nov 18, 2019 · 1h 30m Delve into the enigmatic life and mind of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet N. Scott Momaday, best known for “House Made of Dawn” and a formative voice of the Native American…