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Since its premiere in 1986, AMERICAN MASTERS has been the only PBS series committed to developing and producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history.

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American Masters
Full episodes
9 VIDEOS

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
1:25:46 Air Date 01/23/12

Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
1:25:10 Air Date 12/19/11

Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
1:23:11 Air Date 11/11/11

John Muir in the New World
1:23:16 Air Date 04/18/11

Troubadours
1:24:39 Air Date 03/02/11

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
1:24:40 Air Date 01/12/11

A Letter to Elia
1:25:40 Air Date 10/04/10

Cachao: Uno Mas
1:24:42 Air Date 09/20/10

Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself
1:23:09 Air Date 07/21/10
Previews
20 VIDEOS

Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
1:31 Air Date 04/02/12

Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
1:49 Air Date 04/02/12

Cab Calloway: Sketches
0:30 Air Date 02/27/12

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2:11 Air Date 01/23/12

Troubadours - Preview
0:30 Air Date 12/30/11

Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
2:17 Air Date 12/19/11

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2:19 Air Date 11/20/11

Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
2:55 Air Date 11/11/11

Pearl Jam Twenty
3:00 Air Date 10/21/11

A Letter to Elia - Preview
0:30 Air Date 09/16/11

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song - Preview
0:30 Air Date 08/26/11

James Levine: America's Maestro - Preview
0:30 Air Date 06/01/11
+ MORE PREVIEWS
Shorts
96 VIDEOS

Cab Calloway vs. Dizzy Gillespie
2:29 Air Date 02/27/12

Cab Calloway's Straight Hair
1:49 Air Date 02/27/12

The Blues Brothers Band Remembers Cab Calloway
2:22 Air Date 02/27/12

Chris Calloway Brooks Discuss His Grandfather
3:42 Air Date 02/27/12

Steve Brodner sketches Cab Calloway Part 1
2:36 Air Date 02/27/12

Danny Holgate plays Gershwin
0:26 Air Date 02/27/12

Steve Brodner sketches Cab Calloway Part 2
4:23 Air Date 02/27/12

Interview with Christopher Hitchens
5:51 Air Date 01/23/12

Interview with Kenneth Bowser
3:08 Air Date 01/23/12

Eames Outtakes: Cranbrook
1:03 Air Date 12/19/11

Eames Outtakes: Scripts
2:51 Air Date 12/19/11

Eames Outtakes: Pilgrimage
1:41 Air Date 12/19/11
+ MORE SHORTS