American Masters - Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself
American Masters' documentary about the country music legend Merle Haggard, often called "the poet of the common man," features interviews with comrades and fellow musicians including Robert Duvall, John Fogerty, Kris Kristofferson, Keith Richards, Tanya Tucker, and Dwight Yoakam. The people with...
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
After 60 years in show business, Mel Brooks has earned more major awards than any other living entertainer; he is one of 14 EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winners. Yet, the comedy giant has energetically avoided a documentary profile being made, even issuing an informal gag order on his...
Air date: 05/21/2013
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Philip Roth: Unmasked
American Masters explores the life and career of Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning novelist Philip Roth, often referred to as the greatest living American writer. Reclusive and diffident, Roth grants very few interviews, but for the first time, allowed a journalist to spend 10 days...
Air date: 03/30/2013
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
Discover the life, music and influence of African-American gospel singer and guitar virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Air date: 02/23/2013
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Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
It's the life and times of The Joffrey Ballet -- the first quintessentially American dance company -- on American Masters.
Air date: 12/28/2012
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Inventing David Geffen
Notoriously press and camera-shy, David Geffen reveals himself for the first time in this unflinching portrait of a complex and compelling man. His far-reaching influence ? as agent and manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and billionaire philanthropist ? has helped...
Air date: 11/20/2012
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