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American Masters
Full episodes
18 VIDEOS

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
1:22:41 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Philip Roth: Unmasked
1:23:11 Air Date 03/29/13 Expires 03/28/17

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
53:09 Air Date 02/22/13 Expires 02/21/17

Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
1:22:19 Air Date 12/28/12 Expires 12/27/16

Inventing David Geffen
1:54:01 Air Date 11/20/12 Expires 12/19/16

The Day Carl Sandburg Died
1:25:41 Air Date 09/24/12 Expires 09/23/16

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2:00:00 Air Date 05/14/12 Expires 05/13/16

Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
56:06 Air Date 04/02/12 Expires 04/01/16

Cab Calloway: Sketches
54:39 Air Date 02/26/12 Expires 06/30/15

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
1:25:46 Air Date 01/22/12 Expires 01/22/16

Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
1:25:10 Air Date 12/18/11 Expires 12/18/15

Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
1:23:11 Air Date 11/10/11 Expires 11/10/15
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Previews
37 VIDEOS

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
1:52 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise - Preview
0:30 Air Date 05/20/13

Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character Preview
0:30 Air Date 04/09/13

Philip Roth: Unmasked
0:30 Air Date 03/29/13 Expires 03/28/17

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home - Preview
0:30 Air Date 03/15/13

Trailer: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
1:36 Air Date 02/22/13

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/22/13

Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance - Preview
0:30 Air Date 12/28/12

Trailer: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
2:21 Air Date 12/28/12

Lennon NYC - Preview
0:30 Air Date 12/04/12

Trailer: Inventing David Geffen
0:35 Air Date 11/20/12

Inventing David Geffen: Always About the Song
1:42 Air Date 09/07/12
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Shorts
186 VIDEOS

Mel Brooks: Carl Reiner's Buttons
0:30 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: Do You Want To Know How 'The Critic' Came About?
1:45 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: Film Comment: Robert Trachtenberg
2:28 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks' Debut
1:14 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks, a Bullhorn & Some German Soldiers
1:22 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: Melon Balls Mean Money
1:33 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: Rhinestones, Not Diamonds
1:22 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: The 2000 Year Old Man Revisited
0:57 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: The Difference Between Comedy & Tragedy Is...
1:08 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: The Insane & The Bizarre
0:35 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Mel Brooks: Walking out on Hitler
1:00 Air Date 05/20/13 Expires 05/19/17

Philip Roth: A Brilliant Quote
1:05 Air Date 03/29/13 Expires 03/28/17
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