American Masters

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American Masters, committed to producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history. (official site)

Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Judith & Burton Resnick, Seton J. Melvin, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Vital Projects Fund, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen and public television viewers.

Featured Videos

• Mae West: Dirty Blonde

  06/16/2020 | 1h 23m 32s

• Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands

  02/08/2022 | 1h 53m 1s

• Twyla Moves

  03/26/2021 | 1h 22m 31s

Episodes

• Dr. Tony Fauci

  03/21/2023 | 1h 53m 11s

• Roberta Flack

  01/24/2023 | 1h 23m 33s | WETA Passport

• Groucho & Cavett

  12/27/2022 | 1h 21m 59s | WETA Passport

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Specials

• Sydney G. James: How We See Us

  Special | 15m 33s

• Lily Gladstone: Far Out There

  Special | 13m 51s

• Jacques Pépin Makes Tuna Tartare

  Special | 6m 39s

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Extras

• How Dr. Fauci handled the AIDS crisis

  Clip: 03/21/2023 | 4m 34s

• Dr. Tony Fauci

  Preview: 03/21/2023 | 2m 18s

• Dr. Fauci's security

  Clip: 03/21/2023 | 1m 46s

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Collections

• At Home with Jacques Pépin In this digital series, chef Jacques Pépin brings us into his home to learn new dishes!
• In The Making | Season 2 Meet seven artists whose work explores and influences American culture today.
• Masters of Drag NYC's sweetest drag diva Peppermint tells the story of pioneering American drag artists.
• Now Streaming A rotating selection of films currently streaming. Updated monthly.
• Unladylike2020 Stories of courageous and diverse female trailblazers from the turn of the 20th century.
• African American Masters A collection of films about African American cultural icons.
• Archive Highlights Watch curated interviews with cultural figures from The American Masters Digital Archive.
• Artists A collection of American Masters films profiling great artists, architects, and more.
• Authors A collection of films about great American authors, playwrights, and poets.
• Entertainers A collection of films profiling some of American's greatest entertainers.
• In the Making | Season 1 Eight cinematic shorts on emerging cultural icons.
• LGBTQ Masters Stories of great LGBTQ cultural icons.
• Musicians A collection of films about great American musicians.

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