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Since its premiere in 1986, AMERICAN MASTERS has been the only PBS series committed to developing and producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history.
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16 VIDEOS
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
53:09
Air Date 02/22/13
Expires 02/21/17
Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
1:22:19
Air Date 12/28/12
Inventing David Geffen
1:54:01
Air Date 11/20/12
The Day Carl Sandburg Died
1:25:41
Air Date 09/24/12
Expires 09/23/16
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2:00:00
Air Date 05/14/12
Expires 05/13/16
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
56:06
Air Date 04/02/12
Cab Calloway: Sketches
54:39
Air Date 02/27/12
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
1:25:46
Air Date 01/22/12
Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
1:25:10
Air Date 12/18/11
Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
1:23:11
Air Date 11/10/11
John Muir in the New World
1:23:16
Air Date 04/18/11
Troubadours
1:24:39
Air Date 03/01/11
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