An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

The musical career of the long-time conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera as reflected by following his normal working day on camera.

One of America's signature classical composers and the unique elements he incorporated into his pieces.

The strikingly realistic and unsentimental paintings of the noted artist from Philadelphia.

A profile of the noted American artist originally produced to celebrate her 90th birthday.

A story of two talented personalities, Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis, and their collaborations in the world of dance.

An installment that shows the author and illustrator at work staging a production of a Mozart opera.

A retrospective of the urban photography of Andre Kertesz, told by tracking him in the final years before his death.

A dramatic recreation of the work and career of a renowned sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens

The mind of a famed neo-abstractionist painter as it expresses itself on canvas.

Documentary on the writer who made his way back from the entertainment industry "blacklist" and became an acclaimed success.

A retrospective on the author's writings including commentary from his professional associates.

An in-depth look at the famous art and caricatures of Al Hirschfeld.

The story of a choreographer who contributed much to the style of American performance dance in the modern era.

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John Ford and John Wayne — a friendship and professional collaboration that spanned 50 years, changed each others’ lives, changed the movies, and in the process, changed the way America saw itself. It was a relationship that reflected all the elements and all the paradoxes of 20th century America — generosity of spirit, abuse of power, a sense of loyalty, and a restless nationalism that didn’t quite know what to do with itself.

Archival performances, home movies and interviews illustrate singer Nat King Cole's achievements during a 30-year music and television career.

The life and times of the hard traveling music-man Woody Guthrie.

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Walter Cronkite was the man who gave us the news for two tumultuous decades in the late 20th century. As historian, journalist and author David Halberstam says in praise of the great CBS newsman: "Most Americans really learned of the evening news and learned of Vietnam and learned of the civil rights movement and learned of Watergate with Walter Cronkite as the man who ushered it into their homes. And did it with great professionalism over a very long time and was I think absolutely true to himself." In AMERICAN MASTERS Walter Cronkite: Witness to History, a documentary narrated by Katie Couric, historians, fellow journalists and CBS colleagues appraise the career of the man who was called "the most trusted man in America." CBS writer and commentator Andy Rooney, legendary producer/director Don Hewitt, correspondents Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Lesley Stahl and Barbara Walters, columnists Molly Ivins and Helen Thomas, Senator John McCain and President Jimmy Carter guide the viewer from Cronkite's early days as a foreign correspondent in World War II through his thirty-year career at CBS News.

Ric Burns' absorbing profile of Andy Warhol (1928-87) traces the pop icon's rise from poverty to an artist who, said art critic Dave Hickey, “changed the world”.

Ric Burns' absorbing profile of Andy Warhol (1928-87) traces the pop icon's rise from poverty to an artist who, said art critic Dave Hickey, “changed the world”.

Frank Gehry loves to sketch. It is the beginning of his architectural process. From Gehry’s sketches flow the models, one after another, each a refinement, that will eventually become finished buildings unlike any others in the architectural world. It is this sketch quality, what he calls the “tentativeness, the messiness,” that Gehry clings to as a way of guarding against formula or repetition. And it is this sketch quality that Sydney Pollack was so keen to explore in the film SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY.