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- Cate Blanchett shows eco-scientist Tim Flannery the Sydney Theatre Company, then they visit the nearly extinct Komodo dragon at the Sydney Zoo.
- An old recluse helps a disheartened young housewife find her true inner voice. Monika, a university graduate and former beauty queen, is now a stressed out mom trying to do it all, be it all and have it all. Bob is her elderly neighbor, an elegant gentleman of the old school, who feels she's leading a life all wrong for her spirit. An unlikely friendship from out of the blue alters both their lives, in unforeseen ways.
- A couple in trouble. The lights go out. What do they do now?
- Mississippi Queen follows Paige, a southerner returning home, who digs past the mask of hospitality to examine gay values and the ex-gay ministry, interviewing southerners on both sides of the issues, including her parents who help convert homosexuals.
- A personal take on working with Harold Pinter via intimate conversations with actors, directors and writers who share their experiences of the man and his work.
- Creatures is a grotesque love story about two sweethearts who try to adjust to the black and white environment they live in. During their search for acceptance they conceal their distinctive features, but they can't hide their true nature.
- One of the major American architectural minds of the twentieth century, Philip Johnson has played an enormous role in both understanding and creating the urban skylines of the country.
- The Grammy-winning bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez died on March 2008, almost 90-years old. A maestro of legendary status ultimately considered one of the greatest Afro-Cuban musicians of all time.
- Dr. Jane Goodall welcomes Charlize Theron to the Tchimpounga chimpanzee sanctuary. Theron works with young people of South Africa on AIDS prevention.
- Examine the dramatic life of writer/activist Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple. Her story is told, and includes interviews with Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Howard Zinn, Gloria Steinem, Sapphire and Walker herself.
- Ireland's horse-racing culture has produced some of the finest athletes in the world, and this film draws us into the lives of three of them over the course of a difficult racing year -- focusing not on jockeys or trainers, but on the horses themselves. The protagonists prove less reticent than one might imagine, and as we watch them train, rest, play, and race, distinct characters undeniably emerge. They are framed by a charismatic collection of human supporting actors, from their good-looking foul-mouthed trainer to an elderly groom who obviously prefers horses to people, but ultimately they command our attention on their own. Without ever straying into Disney territory, and eschewing sentimentality, Horses raises basic questions about what constitutes character and who can have it.
- 1985– TV-148.3 (14)TV EpisodeWhen Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs met in New York City in the 1940's, they had no intention of starting a social revolution. According to Ginsberg, "We were just trying to propose our own souls to ourselves."
- From painting to photos to collage, lithographs and set design, it seems artist David Hockney has done it all. The Colors of Music explores the painter's set designs while providing personal and career highlights.
- All it takes is a glitch in the system of our lives to expose our deepest fears. What happens then? The answer comes in shock waves when an unprecedented conspiracy pitches the West Coast into total darkness. After being charged with hacking into the Pentagon security system, computer-whiz Josh Martin is kidnapped during house arrest and delivered to a shadowy criminal known as Charles Keller. Requested to hack into the state's highly advanced electrical system and shut it down, it's clear what Keller wants--total chaos. When California goes dark, he gets what he wants. And tonight, no one will be prepared for what's about to happen. Agent Strickland of Homeland Security's Cyber Terrorism Division fears the worst. So does Beth, a news director sticking dangerously close to the largest disaster the country has ever faced. City by city, the West Coast is blacking out as looting escalates and the worst impulses of man are unleashed. As bedlam reigns, an expert squadron must determine the conspiratorial source of the blackout while civilization fights to survive the night. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Eriq La Salle (E.R.), Emmy winner Anne Heche (Men in Trees), Emmy and Golden Globe winner James Brolin (Category 7), Billy Zane (Titanic), Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints), Bruce Boxleitner (Tron:Legacy) and Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Blackout is not just a miniseries event that strikes at our deepest and darkest fears--it's a cautionary thriller for a paranoid age.
- Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre profiles the career of celebrated director/producer Harold Clurman.
- 1985– 1h 3mTV-147.0 (15)TV EpisodeExclusive interview with Mexican-American photographer Pedro E. Guerrero explores his life and work. He collaborated with iconic American artists of the 20th century, becoming one of the most sought-after photographers of the "Mad Men" era
- 1985– TV-147.5 (15)TV EpisodeCo-founder of The Paris Review, George Plimpton (1927-2003) was a fascinated and fascinating journalist who lived fully, strangely and incredibly. With George Plimpton's own narration, the film includes extensive archival footage.
- For Lon Chaney, the art of acting was the art of continual transformation. His gift for playing a vast array of characters even made him the subject of a popular joke at the time: "Don't step on that spider. It might be Lon Chaney!"
- Director and music journalist Cameron Crowe creates a definitive portrait of the seminal band carved from never-before-seen footage, recent band interviews, and concert footage.
- This intimate portrait of maverick painter and print-maker Elizabeth Murray explores the relationship between her family life and career, and reconsiders her place in contemporary art history.
- The life of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), a life filled with drama, adversity, and triumph, is one of the great stories of the modern era.
- 1985– TV-146.5 (19)TV EpisodeAllowed unprecedented access to Philip Glass' working process, filmmaker Scott Hicks gives us a singular revelation into the life of the composer.
- One of the few women recognized as central to the New York art scene, she had over 20 group shows scheduled for 1970 in addition to being chosen for a cover article in ArtForum Magazine.
- Criminals that want to break into a bank to steal CIA funds kidnap a hacker and his girlfriend. They make the hacker get into the city wide grid to cause a complete blackout of LA. Chaos ensues throughout the city.
- American Masters explores the life and career of Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning novelist Philip Roth.
- 1985– 1h 44mTV-146.9 (22)TV EpisodeA probing and in-depth portrait of violinist Yehudi Menuhin as a prodigy, musician, husband, father, and teacher.
- This film takes the audience on a year-long ride with Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life; it peels away the mask of an iconic comedian, laying bare both the struggle and thrill of living life as a ground-breaking female performer.
- This episode page reflects the reshowing of the original title Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016) as part of the American Masters Series
- An outspoken political activist and singer-songwriter, Holly Near's music and life story illustrate how song can have the power to send a clarion call and influence the course of social justice.
- Rise Up And Shout! tells the story of four generations of creative gay voices in Los Angeles who unite to create a theatrical showcase for gay youth on September 9, 2006. In the process, a unique community is created made up of young and old, black and white, shy and loud -- including an 83 year-old priest and an 18 year old former prostitute and poet.
- The journey of one of the greatest choral music conductors in the world. With no formal training, Robert Shaw achieved success in popular music and later became legendary for his interpretations of classical music's choral masterpieces.
- An updated version of Mary McDonagh Murphy's documentary - Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (2010). Renamed and originally aired on American Masters season 26 as 'Harper Lee: Hey, Boo' (2012).
- We've always wanted to control the weather. Now we may have to.
- Helene Klodawsky, 2007, 87 min 49 s This feature film tells the story of a Somali refugee who confronts the unexpected when she and her teenage daughters are evicted from their apartment for arrears in rent. Even working two jobs as a cleaner, headstrong and determined Ayan finds it tough to scrape by in Canada, let alone send money to her anxious husband and two sons in East Africa. In the midst of a severe housing shortage. Ayan and her daughters are exiled to the city's tattered hinterland among other homeless families and unsettled souls. Through community-based storytelling and a trio of remarkable performances, Family Motel charts one family's confrontation with life on the edge as they fall through the cracks in a land of plenty.
- Twyla Moves explores the life of dancer, director and choreographer Twyla Tharp. From historical footage to the present day, the film traces her influential career while providing an intimate look at her famously rigorous creative process.
- An hour north of Dublin beside the sea is a bizarre looking collection of grey cement buildings with brightly painted doors and run down fairground rides. Until recently, Mosney was a Butlin's holiday camp, a place where Irish families would escape the daily grind of work in order to relax, to dance, enjoy themselves. A visit to Mosney today presents a radically different picture, but still a picture of escape. This former holiday camp is now a camp of another kind, being home to immigrant asylum seekers from all corners of the globe. Once brought here, how do traumatically displaced people adapt to their strange new environment? How does prolonged detention affect their aspirations, ambitions, their mental health? Living day-to-day in this global village of sorts, deportation is a constant fear - one never knows what the next moment will bring. Is this a place to begin healing, or do these anxieties create new forms of trauma? And how does the culture of hospitality carry over with staff, many of them working here for forty years? Over three years, the filmmakers lived in Mosney, gaining the trust of the residents who share their stories. The film presents an intimate look into their lives...waiting to be either accepted into Ireland, or sent back to the horror from which they fled.
- 1985– TV-147.3 (29)TV EpisodeSaarinen designed National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis Gateway Arch and General Motors Technical Center and also modernist pedestal furniture. This influential American architect's life was cut short by his sudden death at age 51.
- The mysterious life and mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet N. Scott Momaday, a formative voice of the Native American Renaissance in art and literature.
- 1985– TV-146.7 (29)TV EpisodeDiscover the life and work of Garry Winogrand, the epic storyteller in pictures who harnessed the serendipity of the streets to capture the American 1960s-70s. His "snapshot aesthetic" is now the universal language of contemporary image making.
- A trip. A cardboard camera and an unfinished love story. In his obsession to catch time, love and beauty, Victor never got to finish his project.
- A documentary charting the trajectory of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.
- The life and career of Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony, founder and artistic director of the New World Symphony and conductor laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra.
- 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.
- Six women trailblazers help shape American politics at the turn of the 20th century; narrator Julianna Margulies.
- The multi-faceted career of pioneering Chinese-American artist Tyrus Wong who overcame prejudice and racism to inspire other Asian-Americans and innovate the craft of movie storyboarding.