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Episode list

American Masters
Billie Jean King
Mon, Sep 09, 2013
  • S27.E4
  • Billie Jean King
This documentary looks back to the 12-year-old southern California girl who played tennis on public courts, observed disparity and unfairness and, as she soared athletically, never stopped trying to remedy both.
8 /10
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Sun, May 19, 2013
  • S27.E3
  • Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
In 60-years in show business, he has earned more awards than any other living entertainer. A comedy giant of our time, Melvin Kaminsky developed his aggressively funny personality on the streets of Brooklyn, and the Catskill Mountains, before landing a writers job on the legendary "Your Show of Shows". The first "2000 Year Old Man" album, recorded with Carl Reiner in the early '60s, unleashed his wacky mind on the world. His brazen satirical film "The Producers" won the 1968 Oscar for best screenplay and such cult classics as "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", and "High Anxiety" followed. Brooks has never participated in a biography before and requested that his friends not talk about him - until now - making this film a genuine first.
7.9 /10
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Mon, Nov 04, 2013
  • S27.E5
  • Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
the Definitive documentary about the extraordinary life of the greatest guitarist of all time, features new performance footage, home movies and an archive of unearthed primary documents.
7.6 /10
Philip Roth: Unmasked

S27.E2 ∙ Philip Roth: Unmasked

Wed, Mar 27, 2013
American Masters explores the life and career of Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning novelist Philip Roth.
6.7 /10
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

S27.E3 ∙ Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Sun, May 19, 2013
In 60-years in show business, he has earned more awards than any other living entertainer. A comedy giant of our time, Melvin Kaminsky developed his aggressively funny personality on the streets of Brooklyn, and the Catskill Mountains, before landing a writers job on the legendary "Your Show of Shows". The first "2000 Year Old Man" album, recorded with Carl Reiner in the early '60s, unleashed his wacky mind on the world. His brazen satirical film "The Producers" won the 1968 Oscar for best screenplay and such cult classics as "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", and "High Anxiety" followed. Brooks has never participated in a biography before and requested that his friends not talk about him - until now - making this film a genuine first.
7.9 /10
Billie Jean King

S27.E4 ∙ Billie Jean King

Mon, Sep 09, 2013
This documentary looks back to the 12-year-old southern California girl who played tennis on public courts, observed disparity and unfairness and, as she soared athletically, never stopped trying to remedy both.
8 /10
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

S27.E5 ∙ Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

Mon, Nov 04, 2013
the Definitive documentary about the extraordinary life of the greatest guitarist of all time, features new performance footage, home movies and an archive of unearthed primary documents.
7.6 /10
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