Archive Highlights
Watch curated interviews from The American Masters Digital Archive. The full collection includes over 1,000 hours of never-before-seen, raw interviews: a treasure trove of the movers and shakers of American culture, including Maya Angelou, Patti Smith, Mel Brooks, Carol Burnett, Matthew Broderick, Carl Reiner, Joan Rivers, Dionne Warwick, Lee Grant, Sidney Lumet, Betty White and many others.
Martin Scorsese on the films of John Ford
Special | 19m 20s
How Harry Belafonte embraced Black culture in music
Special | 16m 49s
Tracey Ullman on Mel Brooks' intrinsically American comedy
Special | 11m 45s
Baayork Lee on becoming a Broadway star at age 5
Special | 12m 24s
I. M. Pei on sculpture
Special | 7m 26s
Gloria Steinem on the legacy of Marilyn Monroe
Special | 11m
Laura Linney on mastering acting at Juilliard
Special | 15m 7s
Patti Smith on Lou Reed and rock and roll
Special | 15m 35s
Dionne Warwick on Lena Horne and her musical influences
Special | 11m 55s
Herbie Hancock on jazz and Quincy Jones' influence
Special | 15m 39s
Gloria Naylor on the American dream
Special | 15m 16s
Betty White talks about funny women in comedy history
Special | 12m 12s