Duke Kahanamoku changed the world with his athletic accomplishments, from competing in the Olympics to revolutionizing lifesaving techniques in the water. American Masters: Waterman – Duke: Ambassador of Aloha is streaming now.
Archival footage shows one of Twyla Tharp’s dances in Central Park amongst football games, bicyclists, police on horseback, and picnickers. American Masters: Twyla Moves is available to stream now.
American Masters is an award-winning signature PBS series created by The WNET Group and made possible by all of you.
Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter, Judith & Burton Resnick, The Cheryl & Philip Milstein family, Vital Projects Fund, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, Philip & Janice Levin Foundation, Ellen & James S. Marcus, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation,The Leslie and Roslyn Goldstein Foundation and public television viewers.
Major support for Tyrus is provided by AARP. Additional support for Tyrus is provided in part by The Louie Family Foundation, The Walt Disney Company Foundation, Buck Gee & Mary Hackenbracht, the National Endowment for the Arts, County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, Bill Yee, East West Bank, and Women in Film.
Major funding for Twyla Moves is provided by Jody and John Arnhold, and Susan Lacy.
Series funding for Great Performances was provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation LLC, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, the Seton Melvin Charitable Trust, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Trust and Ellen and James S. Marcus.