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American Masters
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
Sun, Apr 01, 2012
  • S26.E3
  • Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
This film illuminates the phenomenon behind Lee's first and only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the 1962 film version, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Offering an unprecedented look into Lee's mysterious life.
8.2 /10
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Sun, May 13, 2012
  • S26.E5
  • Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Over the course of 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests, he became a fixture of national life. Johnny Carson: King of Late Night explores his life, career, and complexities.
8 /10
The Day Carl Sandburg Died
Sun, Sep 23, 2012
  • S26.E6
  • The Day Carl Sandburg Died
For much of the 20th century, Sandburg was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman and writer on behalf of the people.
7.9 /10
Cab Calloway: Sketches

S26.E2 ∙ Cab Calloway: Sketches

Sun, Feb 26, 2012
This film explores Calloway's musical beginnings and milestones in the context of the Harlem Renaissance and segregationist America. Leading one of the most popular African American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s-40s
7.5 /10
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo

S26.E3 ∙ Harper Lee: Hey, Boo

Sun, Apr 01, 2012
This film illuminates the phenomenon behind Lee's first and only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the 1962 film version, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Offering an unprecedented look into Lee's mysterious life.
8.2 /10
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel

S26.E4 ∙ Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel

Sun, Apr 01, 2012
Margaret Mitchell was no ordinary writer. The one book she published in her lifetime - Gone With the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, 75 years ago. With over 30 million copies sold to date, it is one of the world's best-selling novels.
4.6 /10
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night

S26.E5 ∙ Johnny Carson: King of Late Night

Sun, May 13, 2012
Over the course of 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests, he became a fixture of national life. Johnny Carson: King of Late Night explores his life, career, and complexities.
8 /10
The Day Carl Sandburg Died

S26.E6 ∙ The Day Carl Sandburg Died

Sun, Sep 23, 2012
For much of the 20th century, Sandburg was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman and writer on behalf of the people.
7.9 /10
Inventing David Geffen

S26.E7 ∙ Inventing David Geffen

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
David Geffen's far-reaching influence - as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades. Notoriously press and camera-shy, Geffen reveals himself for the first time.
7.6 /10
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance

S26.E8 ∙ Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance

Thu, Dec 27, 2012
The story of the first quintessentially American dance company, the Joffrey Ballet. Founders Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino revolutionized American dance by combining modern with traditional ballet to create a new and daring art form.
0 /10
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