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American Masters | Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance | PBS (#2601)
Full Program: It's the life and times of The Joffrey Ballet on American Masters. 01:22:19
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll | PBS
Uncover the life, music and influence of African-American gospel singer and guitar virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973). AMERICAN MASTERS "Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and... 01:37
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PBS NewsHour | Portrait of Photographer Who Captured Native American Lives | PBS (#10503)
Book Offers Portrait of Prolific Photographer Who Captured Native American Lives 07:24
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AMERICAN MASTERS | David Geffen, Deals on Sunset Blvd. | PBS
A vintage scene from the Geffen-Roberts office on Sunset Blvd. in LA: a place where deals were made and a place where the show was as much about David Geffen as it was about the acts - from Neil... 01:45
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American Masters | Film: The Day Carl Sandburg Died | PBS
Full Program: The life and times of American Master Carl Sandburg. 01:25:41
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PBS NewsHour | Biographer David Maraniss Compares Obama and Clinton | PBS (#10449)
At DNC, Biographer David Maraniss Compares Presidents Obama and Clinton 05:09
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American Masters | Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize Night | PBS (#2503)
Mitchell received news of the prize by phone and hid from the press 03:26
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American Masters | Coronation of the King | PBS
Watch writers and celebrities recall Johnny Carson's Late Night routine. 01:55
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American Masters | Harper Lee: Hey, Boo | PBS (#2504)
Full Program: Discover how how the beloved novel To Kill A Mockingbird came to be written 01:24:40
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American Masters | Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel | PBS (#2503)
Full Program: Explore the Pulitzer Prize-winning woman behind classic novel Gone With the Wind 56:07
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American Masters | Is Gone With The Wind Literature? | PBS (#2503)
Scholars and devoted readers of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 classic novel have been arguing the book's literary merits for decades 03:41
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American Masters | The Atlanta Race Riot 1906 | PBS (#2503)
Margaret Mitchell was profoundly influenced by a violent race riot 03:00
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American Masters | Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, Southern Suffragist | PBS (#2503)
The most important person in Margaret Mitchell's life was her mother Maybelle 03:01
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American Masters | The Grand Premiere | PBS (#2503)
An unprecedented crowd turned out for opening night of Gone With the Wind in Atlanta 04:51
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American Masters | Pat Conroy: My Mother and Gone With The Wind | PBS (#2503)
Pat Conroy tells a poignant story of listening to his mother read Gone With the Wind 04:31
Video Collections
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Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: American Experience
Elected president only to see the nation fracture in two, Abraham Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that rent the...
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Alma's Jazzy Marriage
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American Experience
As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation.
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American Masters
AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Created in 1984 by Susan Lacy and produced by Thirteen/WNET for...
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Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past
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Benjamin Latrobe: America's First Architect
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Betty Ford: The Real Deal
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Bonaparte's Retreat
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The Buddha
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Buffalo Bill: American Experience
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The Complete Cosmos
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Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice
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Dolley Madison: American Experience
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Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter
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Freedom from Famine: The Norman Borlaug Story
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Freedom Riders: American Experience
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Fritz: The Walter Mondale Story
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Frontline
As PBS' premier public affairs series, FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human, social and political experience.
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Herbert Hoover: Landslide
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History Detectives
HISTORY DETECTIVES returns to explore the stories behind historic sites, artifacts and tall tales told in cities across the country, with the help of an inquisitive team of fact-finders with an uncanny talent for uncovering the truth.
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Independent Lens
This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers. INDEPENDENT LENS...
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Intelligent Talk Television
Intelligent Talk Television showcases recent lectures given by guest speakers at colleges, universities, and libraries across Iowa. The collaborative effort between IPTV and participating institutions provides top-notch programs featuring...
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Jimmy Carter: American Experience
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John Wooden: The Indiana Story
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Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
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Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
This series is a documentary-style road trip and cultural primer with Michael Feinstein as the leader of an expedition through the history of American popular song. Viewers follow him both on stage and backstage, hear personal stories...
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mister Rogers talks in a way young children understand, at a pace they can absorb and with a consistency that creates a calm, safe place for preschoolers. Topics with sensitive emotional concerns are always carefully blended with fun and...
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Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
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Need to Know
NEED TO KNOW is an integrated broadcast and online current affairs project, uniting broadcast and web in an innovative approach to newsgathering and reporting. It breaks through the limitations of the broadcast schedule by means of a...
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NOVA
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA programs demystify science and technology and highlight the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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The Open Mind XIX
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P. Buckley Moss - The Lady Behind the Brush
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PBS Arts from Seattle: American Masters Pearl Jam Twenty
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PBS NewsHour
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POV
POV presents an array of groundbreaking and distinctive perspectives on contemporary life as chronicled by some of America' s and Europe's most visionary non-fiction filmmakers.
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Reagan: American Experience
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
This series provides in-depth coverage of the top religion and ethics stories of the week as well as religious and ethical perspectives on domestic and foreign events and the arts. Hosted by veteran journalist Bob Abernethy, the series...
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Robert E. Lee: American Experience
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Roberto Clemente: American Experience
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A Sense of Wonder
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The Storied Life of Millie Benson
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Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley, the first African American to have his own signature talk show on NPR, hosts a new late-night television talk show - a hybrid of news, issues and entertainment, featuring interviews with newsmakers, politicians,...
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Tavis Smiley Reports
This landmark series will showcase Tavis' unique perspective on the issues facing Americans today.
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U.S. Grant: Warrior: American Experience
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Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place
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Woody Allen: American Masters
His is one of the longest and most prolific careers in show business -- beginning with joke-writing and stand-up comedy in the 1950s and morphing into the world of film in the late 1960s. As a writer, director and/or actor, he has...
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You Don't Know Jack Soo






