Episode guide
American Masters: Season 26
8 episodes · premiered Jan 23, 2012
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- Episode 1: Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune Jan 23, 2012 · 1h 30m Three-time Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Kenneth Bowser examines one of American history’s most iconic folk music heroes and political agitators. Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune is a…
- Episode 2: Cab Calloway: Sketches Feb 27, 2012 · 1h 30m A singer, dancer and bandleader, Cab led one of the most popular African American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s-40s, with Harlem’s famous Cotton Club as his home…
- Episode 3: Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel Apr 2, 2012 · 1h 30m Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel engages leading historians, biographers and personal friends to reveal a complex woman who experienced profound identity shifts during her life and…
- Episode 4: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo Apr 2, 2012 · 1h 30m One of the biggest bestsellers of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) is the first and only novel by a young woman named Nelle Harper Lee, who once said that she wanted to be South…
- Episode 5: Johnny Carson: King of Late Night May 14, 2012 · 1h 30m Quite possibly the biggest star that television has ever produced, Carson commanded, at his peak, a nightly audience of 15 million viewers – double the current audience of Leno and…
- Episode 6: The Day Carl Sandburg Died Sep 24, 2012 · 1h 30m For much of the 20th century, Sandburg was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman on behalf of the people. One of the most successful writers in the English language…
- Episode 7: Inventing David Geffen Nov 20, 2012 · 1h 30m 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…
- Episode 8: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance Dec 28, 2012 · 1h 30m Documenting how the Joffrey revolutionized American ballet – combining modern dance with classic technique, art with social statement and rock music with traditional choreography – this…