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American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
Episode 7 : Andy Warhol: A Documentary (Part 2)
September. 21,2006
Ric Burns' absorbing profile of Andy Warhol (1928-87) traces the pop icon's rise from poverty to an artist who, said art critic Dave Hickey, “changed the world”.
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Episode 6 : Andy Warhol: A Documentary (Part 1)
September. 20,2006
Ric Burns' absorbing profile of Andy Warhol (1928-87) traces the pop icon's rise from poverty to an artist who, said art critic Dave Hickey, “changed the world”.
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Episode 4 : Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
July. 19,2006
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Episode 3 : Woodie Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
July. 12,2006
The life and times of the hard traveling music-man Woody Guthrie.
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Episode 2 : The World of Nat King Cole
May. 17,2006
Archival performances, home movies and interviews illustrate singer Nat King Cole's achievements during a 30-year music and television career.
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Episode 1 : John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
May. 10,2006
John Ford and John Wayne — a friendship and professional collaboration that spanned 50 years, changed each others’ lives, changed the movies, and in the process, changed the way America saw itself. It was a relationship that reflected all the elements and all the paradoxes of 20th century America — generosity of spirit, abuse of power, a sense of loyalty, and a restless nationalism that didn’t quite know what to do with itself.
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