Rolling Stone recently named Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” the best album of all time, but this essay explores a lesser-known Gaye album that also deserves praise: “Here My Dear.”
Amy Tan is a member of the author supergroup the Rock Bottom Remainders with Stephen King, Scott Turow and others. She thought joining the band would be an opportunity to let off some steam, but it also helped reignite her creative spark.
This doc 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.
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 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 and public television viewers.
Support for In the Making is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Investment support for How It Feels To Be Free is provided by Rogers Cable Network Fund. Produced with the participation of Ontario Creates – Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit and Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit. Production support provided by Black Public Media.
