Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous

October 25, 2019

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American Masters - S33 - E11

Explore the life of the celebrated artist whose luminous color field paintings helped define the abstract expressionist movement, which shifted the art world epicenter from Paris to New York.

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American Masters: Season 33 - 12 Episode s

33x1 - Decoding Watson
January 2, 2019
Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. With unprecedented access to Watson and his family, "American Masters: Decoding Watson" explores his life, achievements, controversies and contradictions.
33x2 - Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me
February 19, 2019
Sammy Davis, Jr. had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, so vast and multi-faceted that it was dizzying in its scope and scale. And yet, his life was complex, complicated and contradictory. Davis strove to achieve the American Dream in a time of racial prejudice and shifting political territory.
33x3 - Charley Pride
February 22, 2019
Raised in segregated Mississippi, country performer Charley Pride proves artistic expression can triumph over prejudice and injustice.
33x4 - Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
March 1, 2019
For 40 years, singer and activist Holly Near works on global social justice coalition-building in the women's and lesbian movements.
33x5 - Joseph Pulitzer: Voice Of The People
April 12, 2019
Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer becomes one of America's most feared and admired newspaper moguls and a crusader for freedom of the press.
33x6 - Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable
April 19, 2019
A documentary about an important American still photographer who captured New York City in the 1960s (his work there is said to have influenced the TV show Mad Men) and later the West in Texas and Los Angeles.
33x7 - Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life
June 14, 2019
Playwright, librettist, scriptwriter and outspoken LGBTQ activist Terrence McNally has long believed in the power of the arts to transform society and make a difference. The film lifts the curtain on the life, career and inspirations of the complicated and brilliant Emmy- and four-time Tony Award-winning writer.
33x8 - Robert Shaw -- Man of Many Voices
June 21, 2019
A profile of the conductor, his work with the civil rights movement, and his musical legacy.
33x9 - Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
August 2, 2019
Explore the remarkable life and legacy of late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin whose groundbreaking work, including “The Left Hand of Darkness,” transformed American literature by bringing science fiction into the literary mainstream.
33x10 - Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
September 13, 2019
American Masters and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES join forces to present the first documentary about Raúl Juliá, the versatile Puerto Rican actor whose work on stage and screen took the world by storm. Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage premieres Friday, September 13, 2019 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS, pbs.org/americanmasters and the PBS Video App in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
33x11 - Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous
October 25, 2019
Explore the life of the celebrated artist whose luminous color field paintings helped define the abstract expressionist movement, which shifted the art world epicenter from Paris to New York.
33x12 - N. Scott Momaday: Words From a Bear
November 18, 2019
Delve into the enigmatic life and mind of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet N. Scott Momaday, best known for “House Made of Dawn” and a formative voice of the Native American Renaissance in art and literature.

33x1 - Decoding Watson

33x2 - Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me

33x3 - Charley Pride

33x4 - Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

33x5 - Joseph Pulitzer: Voice Of The People

33x6 - Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable

33x7 - Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life

33x8 - Robert Shaw -- Man of Many Voices

33x9 - Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

33x10 - Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

33x11 - Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous

33x12 - N. Scott Momaday: Words From a Bear

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