About this season
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.
Episodes (7)
1. Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
Aired 28 October 1998 • 90 min
Chronicle of the achievements of the noted composer and conductor of popular and classical music.
2. The Line King: Al Hirschfeld
Aired 6 January 1999 • 90 min
An in-depth look at the famous art and caricatures of Al Hirschfeld.
3. Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Aired 24 February 1999 • 90 min
Documentary about the life of Paul Robeson: actor, scholar, and rights activist.
4. Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius
Aired 7 April 1999 • 90 min
The boundaries broken by the innovative experimental artist.
5. The Lives of Lillian Hellman
Aired 30 June 1999 • 90 min
The politics and writings of the noted 20th century woman.
6. Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer
Aired 30 June 1999 • 90 min
A profile of an author as mysterious as some of his well-known detective stories.
7. Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
Aired 18 August 1999 • 90 min
A story of the women who created some of Broadway's most memorable songs.