American Masters - Season 20

American Masters - Season 20

Season 20

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Episodes9
DatesMay 10, 2006 - Jan 3, 2007
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John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
Season 20Episode 190 min

John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

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.
May 10, 2006
The World of Nat King Cole
Season 20Episode 290 min

The World of Nat King Cole

Archival performances, home movies and interviews illustrate singer Nat King Cole's achievements during a 30-year music and television career.
May 17, 2006
Woodie Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Season 20Episode 390 min

Woodie Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

The life and times of the hard traveling music-man Woody Guthrie.
Jul 12, 2006
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
Season 20Episode 490 min

Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

Jul 19, 2006
Walter Cronkite: Witness to History
Season 20Episode 590 min

Walter Cronkite: Witness to History

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.
Jul 26, 2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary: Part 1
Season 20Episode 690 min

Andy Warhol: A Documentary: Part 1

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”.
Sep 20, 2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary: Part 2
Season 20Episode 790 min

Andy Warhol: A Documentary: Part 2

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”.
Sep 21, 2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Season 20Episode 890 min

Sketches of Frank Gehry

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.
Sep 27, 2006
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Season 20Episode 990 min

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

This film traces the artistic self-realization of Annie Leibovitz, from childhood through the death of her beloved friend, Susan Sontag, and includes snippets of Leibovitz's last visual memories of Sontag. The film traces the arc of her photographic life, her aspirations to artistry, and the trajectory of her career through phases that included the tumultuous sixties in Berkeley, CA., touring with the Rolling Stones, a mentorship by Hunter S. Thompson, and, later, capturing the last candid moments of John Lennon's life with Yoko Ono. It closes with her reflections on life, children, and the the wake of her relationship with Sontag. The archival material presented here is invaluable for framing an understanding of this immeasurably influential visual artist.
Jan 3, 2007

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