American Masters
★ 7 · 1986 · 90m · Documentary
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.
Episodes
1. Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman'90m · A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman for television.
2. Philip Johnson, Self Portrait90m · One of America's best-known architects is profiled, with emphasis on his early career and his later movement away from minimalism.
3. Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory90m · A biography of the well-known social critic and author Katherine Anne Porter.
4. The Unknown Chaplin (1)90m · An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.▶5. The Unknown Chaplin (2)90m · An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.▶6. The Unknown Chaplin (3)90m · An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.
7. Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day90m · A biography of Billie Holiday, one of America's most unique and emotional jazz singers and the tragic end of her life at an early age.
8. James Levine: A Life in Music90m · The musical career of the long-time conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera as reflected by following his normal working day on camera.
9. Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait90m · One of America's signature classical composers and the unique elements he incorporated into his pieces.
10. Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait90m · The strikingly realistic and unsentimental paintings of the noted artist from Philadelphia.
11. Georgia O'Keeffe90m · A profile of the noted American artist originally produced to celebrate her 90th birthday.
12. Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts90m · More Like This
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Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA
2018
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The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
2020 · ★ 7.3
Art historian Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .
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Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
2014
Rococo art is often dismissed as frivolous. But Waldemar Januszczak disagrees and in this three-part series he tries to bring Rococo art closer to us, and argues that the Rococo was the age in which the modern world was born.
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Bios
2018 · ★ 2
A fascinating journey through the life and work of many Latin American music idols, by the curious gaze of young chroniclers, with access to exclusive footage.
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Herbertstraße – Geschichte einer Domina
2025 · ★ 8
The three-part story of Manuela Freitag, the longest-serving dominatrix on Herbertstraße, and her life between abysses, dependencies, and the struggle for self-determination.
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American Experience
1988 · ★ 6.5
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
2009 · ★ 7.7
In this three-part documentary series Waldemar Januszczak discovers paintings, sculptures and architecture of the Baroque period. Starting from the square of Saint Peter's Basilica in Italy to St Paul's Cathedral in England.
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