American Masters - Season 21

American Masters - Season 21

Season 21

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Episodes9
DatesApr 4, 2007 - Nov 5, 2007
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Episodes

Novel Reflections on the American Dream
Season 21Episode 190 min

Novel Reflections on the American Dream

Contemporary scholars and novelists give fresh perspectives on some of the great American written works of the 20th century.
Apr 4, 2007
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
Season 21Episode 290 min

Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built

How Ahmet Ertegun built a recording industry empire in the decades after World War II.
May 2, 2007
Les Paul: Chasing Sound
Season 21Episode 390 min

Les Paul: Chasing Sound

The musical career and startling technical innovations of a 20th century guitar and sound recording master.
Jul 11, 2007
David Hockney: The Colors of Music
Season 21Episode 490 min

David Hockney: The Colors of Music

The story of an internationally renowned production and set designer for the greatest opera houses in the world, a music lover who is going deaf.
Jul 18, 2007
John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature
Season 21Episode 590 min

John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature

A documentary on the wildlife art of an early American naturalist who achieved long-lasting acclaim.
Jul 25, 2007
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
Season 21Episode 690 min

Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends

The musical career of one of America's most enduring popular singers.
Sep 12, 2007
Orozco: Man of Fire
Season 21Episode 790 min

Orozco: Man of Fire

The life of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), a life filled with drama, adversity and triumph, is one of the great stories of the modern era. Despite poverty, childhood rheumatic fever that damaged his heart and an explosion in his youth that cost him his left hand, Orozco persisted in his wish to become an artist.

Sep 19, 2007
Good Ol' Charles Schulz
Season 21Episode 890 min

Good Ol' Charles Schulz

The motivations behind the man who created one of America's most beloved comic strips.
Oct 29, 2007
Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character
Season 21Episode 990 min

Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character

The career of funny woman Carol Burnett, from Broadway to television stardom.
Nov 5, 2007

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