American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
Showing Season 13 of 40
Season 13
1998
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01. Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
1998-10-28
Chronicle of the achievements of the noted composer and conductor of popular and classical music.
02. The Line King: Al Hirschfeld
1999-01-06
An in-depth look at the famous art and caricatures of Al Hirschfeld.
03. Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999-02-24
Documentary about the life of Paul Robeson: actor, scholar, and rights activist.
04. Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius
1999-04-07
The boundaries broken by the innovative experimental artist.
05. The Lives of Lillian Hellman
1999-06-30
The politics and writings of the noted 20th century woman.
06. Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer
1999-06-30
A profile of an author as mysterious as some of his well-known detective stories.
07. Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
1999-08-18
A story of the women who created some of Broadway's most memorable songs.
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