American Masters

Alice Walker Shines Light on Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston's embrace of black culture and language was an inspiration to Alice Walker. "I realized that unless I came out with everything I had supporting her, there was every chance that she would slip back into obscurity," Walker says of the Harlem Renaissance writer and anthropologist.

Alice Walker Shines Light on Zora Neale Hurston

2m 29s

  • Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps

    15m 25s

    Follow the 5-time Tony-nominated director and choreographer of Broadway’s Gypsy and Hell’s Kitchen as she elevates the possible with bold explorations of everyday movement, and African Diasporic dance. The film foregrounds Brown’s visionary talent from her Queens, New York neighborhood to the Broadway stage, television and movie screens, and schools around the world.

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    Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps [ASL]

    15m 25s

    This version contains on-screen ASL interpretation. Follow the 5-time Tony-nominated director and choreographer as she elevates the possible with bold explorations of everyday movement, and African Diasporic dance. The film foregrounds Brown’s visionary talent from her Queens, New York neighborhood to the Broadway stage, television and movie screens, and schools around the world.

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    Ten Times Better

    30m 48s

    The astonishing and heartwarming story of George Lee, a pioneering Asian dancer who originated a featured role in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 70 years ago as a teenage immigrant from China.

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