Copy

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life trailer

This new documentary explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact. Oliver Sacks: His Own Life premieres Friday, April 9 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), at pbs.org/oliversacks and on the PBS Video app. Directed by Ric Burns.
WATCH NOW

Now streaming! Twyla Moves

Our documentary on Twyla Tharp, a pioneer of both modern dance and ballet, is available to stream now. In the doc she discusses her inspiration and the process behind creating her trailblazing dances, her cinematic partnership with Miloš Forman and her wildly successful Broadway career collaborating with such luminaries as Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra and David Byrne.
WATCH NOW

The best of Doc Severinsen’s eccentric outfits

Each night he appeared on the ‘Tonight Show with Johnny Carson’ Doc Severinsen would walk out donning eccentric, loud clothing — all of which he sourced himself.
WATCH NOW

7 lessons on creativity from dance legend Twyla Tharp

This clip from Twyla Moves provides a glimpse of Tharp at work as she builds a high-profile work from the ground up with an international cast of ballet stars, including Misty Copeland, Herman Cornejo and Maria Khoreva, who rehearse by video conference while under quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.

READ NOW

SHARE YOUR LOVE OF THE ARTS

Share Share
Tweet Tweet
Forward Forward
From our friends at ALL ARTS: Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized
ALL ARTS presents a festival of some of the most exciting Afrofuturist films from around the world, featuring short and feature length works from the U.S., Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria and more.
 
Also streaming:
Dive into the life and career of groundbreaking writer, performer and subversive star Mae West.
EPISODES
NEWS
SCHEDULE
SCREENINGS

JOIN US ONLINE

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
YouTube
American Masters is an award-winning, signature PBS series, created by The WNET Group, the parent company of New York's PBS stations, and supported by the community we serve.    

Support for American Masters provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter, Judith and Burton Resnick, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Vital Projects Fund, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, Lois and Bruce Zenkel, and public television viewers.

Major funding for Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story is provided by National Endowment for the Arts.

Major funding for Twyla Moves is provided by Jody and John Arnhold, and Susan Lacy.


Major funding for Mae West: Dirty Blonde is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Better Angels Society, Brice Brown, The Carson Family Charitable Trust, Leslie and Roslyn Goldstein Foundation, The Sandpiper Group, and Susan Lacy.


           
Copyright © 2020 WNET All rights reserved.

WNET Privacy Policy

WNET
825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.