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American Masters Season 26 Episodes
Season 26 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
The life of activist and singer-songwriter Phil Ochs.
Episode 2
Cab Calloway: Sketches
Mon, Feb 27, 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
Episode 3
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
Mon, Apr 2, 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.
Episode 4
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Mon, Apr 2, 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.
Episode 5
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Mon, May 14, 2012115 mins
Chronological look at the life and career of Johnny Carson (1925-2005), with commentary from an ex-wife and more than 30 fellow comedians, friends, employees, and biographers. The biography defines why Carson was an enduring star (his cool, his timing, his genuine laugh, his breadth of knowledge) and pursues his motivations and inner self (a loner with a drinking problem, a decent Midwesterner whose mother withheld approval, a quiet person who loved to entertain). The key to understanding him, argues the biography, is his love of magic.
Episode 6
The Day Carl Sandburg Died
Mon, Sep 24, 2012
The Day Carl Sandburg Died is a dynamic exploration into the life and work of the iconic American, Carl Sandburg. From an impoverished youth on the prairie of Illinois to the halls of Congress and the Ed Sullivan Show, it was a tale of perseverance and success. During his lifetime he was revered, becoming one of the most successful writers of the 20th century. But when he died, in 1967 his legacy suffered an unusual an inexplicably fast decline. His work was disparaged and his remarkable life all but forgotten. But if Sandburg was forgotten, he is now being remembered and rediscovered by writers, artists, scholars, performers, taking a new look at the complex and truly unparalleled life of Carl Sandburg.
Episode 7
Inventing David Geffen
Tue, Nov 20, 2012115 mins
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.
Episode 8
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Fri, Dec 28, 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.