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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Doc Severinsen's Unique Fitness Routine
S35 E4 - 2m 14s
On top of being a musical icon and legendary trumpeter, Doc Severinsen makes sure he hits the gym everyday. Follow his daily workout routine, including the preworkout meal he swears by: 'cowboy oatmeal'.
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Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story
S35 E4 - 1m 48s
After more than 30 years as the colorful bandleader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen continues to defy nature well into his 90s with a grueling schedule of touring, performing and teaching. An engaging new documentary, Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story, traces the life and groundbreaking career of the unstoppable musical icon.
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The Best of Doc Severinsen's Eccentric Outfits
S35 E4 - 2m 37s
Each night he appeared on The 'Tonight Show with Johnny Carson', Doc Severinsen would walk out dawning the most eccentric, loud and gawkish clothing items – all of which he sourced himself.
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How does Twyla Tharp create a new dance?
S35 E3 - 1m 1s
Choreographer Twyla Tharp comes up with new dance ideas not by writing them down but by dancing them out first herself. Her process, as she shows here, is very physical.
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Twyla Tharp's very valuable college decision
S35 E3 - 1m 17s
When choreographer Twyla Tharp arrived at Barnard College she was immediately disappointed with their dance offerings. So she directed her own dance studies using New York City as her classroom. In addition, a second concentration the college turned out to be "very valuable" for Tharp's career.
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The time Twyla Tharp setup a performance in Central Park
S35 E3 - 1m 48s
Archival footage shows one of Twyla Tharp's dances in Central Park amongst football games, bicyclists, police on horseback, and picnickers. The location made it impossible to have a separation between audience members and performers. And Tharp learned some valuable things about choreography and distance from the experience.
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Tharp and Baryshnikov's "totally unexpected" collaboration
S35 E3 - 4m 32s
In the 1970's, choreographer Twyla Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov collaborated, resulting in a dance that was "totally unexpected" for the classically trained ballet star from Russia. Archival footage shows Baryshnikov in "Push," which starts in a modern "slouch" style and continues with "all he's got." "It can only have happened between the two of us at that moment in time," Tharp recalls.
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Twyla Moves
S35 E3 - 2m 36s
Twyla Moves explores the life of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Twyla Tharp. Jumping from historical footage to the present day, the film traces her influential career while providing an intimate look at her famously rigorous creative process.
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The time Twyla Tharp pushed David Byrne to his limits
S35 E3 - 2m 58s
In 1981, Twyla Tharp commissioned David Byrne of the Talking Heads to write music for a Broadway show featuring Tharp's modern choreography. Not only did Tharp push the well-trained dancers to their limits, she pushed David Byrne, he says, more than anyone had before.
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What's it like choreographing a dance for Zoom?
S35 E3 - 2m 3s
Choreographer Twyla Tharp choreographed a new dance specifically for Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic while most people were advised to stay at home. Tharp, along with dancers Misty Copeland and Herman Cornejo discovered an unexpected technical challenge in trying to communicate virtually that made this project even more difficult.
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Twyla Tharp's Famous 'Eight Jelly Roll' Performance
S35 E3 - 55s
Choreographed by Twyla Tharp in 1971 'Eight Jelly Rolls' has become a canonical work in American dance history. The style exhibited in the performance combines elements from classical ballet, jazz, tap, athletics, hip-hop, and also includes music by Jelly Roll Morton.
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Why did Flannery O'Connor detest "Gone with the Wind"?
S35 E2 - 2m 41s
The Atlanta premiere of “Gone with the Wind” in 1939 was an historic event for many in Georgia. Everyone had “Gone with the Wind” fever, it seemed, except for Flannery O’Connor who, as a 14 year old, reportedly “couldn’t stand” the romanticized, Hollywood version of the old South. In response, she later wrote a short story mocking the excitement over the film.
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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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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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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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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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Thursday
May 9
2 Hours
The evolution of Korean artist Nam June Paik, the father of video art and coiner of the phrase "electronic superhighway."
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