Weaving Nature
Maryland artist David Bacharach creates "The Mounds," an outdoor arts installation that confronts global climate change. Bacharach employs traditional weaving and metalsmithing techniques to build sculptures that reflect environmental problems that impact land, air and water. This synthesis of art and nature illustrates the interconnectedness of human activity and environmental degradation.
Episodes
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Becoming Helen Keller (Extended Audio Description Version)
S35 E12 - 1h 36m
Revisit the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, used her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities and people living in poverty.
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Becoming Helen Keller
S35 E11 - 1h 22m
Revisit the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, used her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities and people living in poverty.
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
S35 E10 - 1h 28m
Discover how Moreno defied her humble upbringing and racism to become one of a select group of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winners. Explore her 70-year career with new interviews, clips of her iconic roles and scenes of the star on set today.
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Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away
S35 E9 - 1h 22m
Dive into the career of the legendary blues guitarist, a pioneer of Chicago’s West Side sound and major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Featuring new performances and interviews with John Mayer, Carlos Santana and more.
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Ballerina Boys
S35 E8 - 53m 26s
Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years has offered audiences their passion for ballet classics mixed with exuberant comedy. With every step they poke fun at their strictly gendered art form.
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Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
S35 E7 - 1h 39m
The story of the author whose first novel, “The Joy Luck Club,” was published to great commercial and critical success. With the blockbuster film adaption that followed as well as additional best-selling novels, librettos, short stories and memoirs, Tan firmly established herself as one of the most prominent and respected American literary voices working today.
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Twyla Moves
S35 E3 - 1h 22m
Explore legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp’s career and famously rigorous creative process, with original interviews, first-hand glimpses of her at work and rare archival footage of select performances from her more than 160 choreographed works.
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How It Feels To Be Free
S35 E1 - 1h 53m
A documentary that tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American women entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.
Extras + Features
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![Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind author [Audio Description + ASL]: asset-mezzanine-16x9](/sites/default/files/styles/440x295/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2022/03/30/214420-Rxaa3o7-asset-mezzanine-16x9-JNz2pke.jpg?itok=QS0ENFie)
Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind author [Audio Description + ASL]
S35 E11 - 7m 46s
This short film is an extended look at some of the themes explored in American Masters - Becoming Helen Keller, and aims to provide an updated representation of modern DeafBlind role models today. Elsa Sjunneson is a DeafBlind professor and media critic, skilled fencer and hiker, and published author who has written for Marvel Comics. This version contains audio description and ASL interpretation.
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Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind fencer, hiker, published author
S35 E11 - 7m 48s
This short film is an extended look at some of the themes explored in American Masters - Becoming Helen Keller, and hopes to provide an updated representation of modern DeafBlind role models today. Elsa Sjunneson is a DeafBlind professor and media critic, skilled fencer and hiker, and published author who has written for Marvel Comics. She is a Hugo Award and Aurora Award winner.
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Helen Keller studied socialism
S35 E11 - 1m 41s
Helen Keller became interested in politics and read extensively on socialism. She began to write articles for The Call, a socialist paper in New York City. "It can't be unreasonable to ask of a society a fair chance for all. It can't be unreasonable to demand the protection of women and children and an honest wage for all," she said.
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Keller's use of oral communication [Audio Description]
S35 E11 - 2m 31s
Alexander Graham Bell encouraged Helen Keller to practice oralism, where deaf people communicate through speech and lip-reading instead of sign language. "Oralism in general, I think, has a very oppressive quality to it, because what oralism is predicated on is the idea that the only way to communicate effectively is being able to speak," said disability rights advocate Rebecca Alexander.
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Helen Keller the suffragist
S35 E11 - 59s
Helen Keller was a social activist and suffragist, lending her name to the labor movement and the women's movement. "This inferiority of woman is man-made," she said in a speech in 1916.
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Rapper Warren "Wawa" Snipe on hip-hop in the Deaf community
S35 E11 - 3m 33s
Warren "Wawa" Snipe, one of the ASL interpreters in "Becoming Helen Keller," raps under a genre he calls "Dip-Hop," or hip-hop through Deaf eyes. With Dip-Hop, Snipe wants to bridge the gap between the Deaf and hearing communities. "Deaf musicians are here. Don't ignore us."
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![Helen Keller studied socialism [Audio Description]: asset-mezzanine-16x9](/sites/default/files/styles/440x295/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2021/10/12/191851-EqPyQ19-asset-mezzanine-16x9-tGsOsJd.jpg?itok=UxP-zrYe)
Helen Keller studied socialism [Audio Description]
S35 E11 - 1m 41s
Helen Keller became interested in politics and read extensively on socialism. She began to write articles for The Call, a socialist paper in New York City. "It can't be unreasonable to ask of a society a fair chance for all. It can't be unreasonable to demand the protection of women and children and an honest wage for all," she said.
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Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind author—Extended Audio Description
S35 E11 - 13m 16s
This short film is an extended look at some of the themes explored in American Masters – Becoming Helen Keller, and aims to provide an updated representation of modern DeafBlind role models today. Elsa Sjunneson is a DeafBlind professor and media critic, skilled fencer and hiker, and published author who has written for Marvel Comics. This version contains extended audio description.
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Becoming Helen Keller
S35 E11 - 1m 4s
Revisit the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, used her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities and people living in poverty.
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![Helen Keller the suffragist [Audio Description]: asset-mezzanine-16x9](/sites/default/files/styles/440x295/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2021/10/12/191847-yTaS3yJ-asset-mezzanine-16x9-4nbxXU4.jpg?itok=bGkPlk0P)
Helen Keller the suffragist [Audio Description]
S35 E11 - 59s
Helen Keller was a social activist and suffragist, lending her name to the labor movement and the women's movement. "This inferiority of woman is man-made," she said in a speech in 1916.
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Keller's use of oral communication
S35 E11 - 2m 31s
Alexander Graham Bell encouraged Helen Keller to practice oralism, where deaf people communicate through speech and lip-reading instead of sign language. "Oralism in general, I think, has a very oppressive quality to it, because what oralism is predicated on is the idea that the only way to communicate effectively is being able to speak," said disability rights advocate Rebecca Alexander.
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Behind the Scenes | Rita Moreno
S35 E10 - 2m
Go behind the scenes of Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It to learn how Rita Moreno is a quintessential American success story.
Schedule
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American Masters
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Thursday
Apr 25
2 Hours
The political and personal journey of California Gov. Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history, and his work on issues including climate change and inequality. -
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American Masters
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Friday
Apr 26
2 Hours
The political and personal journey of California Gov. Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history, and his work on issues including climate change and inequality. -
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American Masters
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Friday
Apr 26
2 Hours
The political and personal journey of California Gov. Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history, and his work on issues including climate change and inequality. -
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American Masters
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Saturday
Apr 27
2 Hours
The political and personal journey of California Gov. Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history, and his work on issues including climate change and inequality. -
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American Masters
Ailey
Saturday
Apr 27
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The life and career of choreographer Alvin Ailey, whose dances focus on the Black experience, interviews with those close to him and a glimpse into his dance studios. -
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American Masters
Ailey
Sunday
Apr 28
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The life and career of choreographer Alvin Ailey, whose dances focus on the Black experience, interviews with those close to him and a glimpse into his dance studios. -
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American Masters
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Sunday
Apr 28
2 Hours
The political and personal journey of California Gov. Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history, and his work on issues including climate change and inequality. -
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American Masters
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Sunday
Apr 28
2 Hours
The political and personal journey of California Gov. Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history, and his work on issues including climate change and inequality. -
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American Masters
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Monday
Apr 29
2 Hours
The political and personal journey of California Gov. Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history, and his work on issues including climate change and inequality. -
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American Masters
Tyrus Wong
Saturday
May 4
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The art, life and impact of Chinese-American painter Tyrus Wong as seen through new and never-before-seen interviews, movie clips and art. -
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American Masters
Tyrus Wong
Sunday
May 5
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The art, life and impact of Chinese-American painter Tyrus Wong as seen through new and never-before-seen interviews, movie clips and art. -
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American Masters
Tyrus Wong
Sunday
May 5
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The art, life and impact of Chinese-American painter Tyrus Wong as seen through new and never-before-seen interviews, movie clips and art. -
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American Masters
Tyrus Wong
Sunday
May 5
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The art, life and impact of Chinese-American painter Tyrus Wong as seen through new and never-before-seen interviews, movie clips and art. -
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American Masters
Tyrus Wong
Monday
May 6
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The art, life and impact of Chinese-American painter Tyrus Wong as seen through new and never-before-seen interviews, movie clips and art.
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