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S15 Ep5
Bob Marley: Rebel Music
Bob Marley
In the two decades since Bob Marley has gone, it is clear that he is without question one of the most transcendant figures of the past hundred years. The ripples of his unparalleled achievements radiate outward through the river of his music into an ocean of politics, ethics, fashion, philosophy and religion.
Premiered: 2/14/2001
S17 Ep3
Juilliard
The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, & music. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leading drama, music and dance schools, with some of the most prestigious arts programs.
Premiered: 1/29/2003
S12 Ep5
Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes
In 1968, CBS News forever changed the face of broadcast journalism with the premiere of 60 MINUTES. It was a revolution in television programming created by veteran newsman Don Hewitt (1922 – 2009). 60 MINUTES was the first news program to break into the Neilsen’s Top ten, and has been the highest rated public news program for more than thirty years.
Premiered: 5/20/1998
S8 Ep1
Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing
His passion was music and his big band sound quickened the pulse of a generation ready to shrug off the Depression and dance. With clarinet in hand, Benny Goodman was transformed from a child in Chicago’s impoverished Jewish ghetto into the king of swing, greeted with near pandemonium wherever his band played.
Premiered: 12/8/1993
S12 Ep1
Allen Ginsberg: The Life And Times of Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg, the visionary poet and founding father of the Beat generation inspired the American counterculture of the second half of the 20th century with groundbreaking poems such as “Howl” and “Kaddish.” Among the avant-garde he was considered a spiritual and sexually liberated ambassador for tolerance and enlightenment.
Premiered: 9/17/1997
S3 Ep2
A Duke Named Ellington
Considered one of the greatest jazz composers of all time, Duke Ellington had an enormous impact on the popular music of the late 20th century. Among his more than two thousand songs are such hits as “In A Sentimental Mood,” “Sophisticated Lady,” “I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good,” and “I’m Beginning To See The Light.”
Premiered: 7/18/1988
S6 Ep3
Albert Einstein: How I see the World
His theories on the nature of time and space profoundly affected the human conception of the physical world and set the foundations for many of the scientific advances of the twentieth century. As a thinker on the human condition, politics, and all issues of the day, he was as well-respected as anyone in his time.
Premiered: 7/22/1991
S11 Ep2
Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was a great American entertainer with an enormous creative range, encompassing dance, popular song, classical music, complicated verse, impersonation and improvisation, which melded together into an utterly unique style. He was equally popular and at home on the stage, television, the silver screen, and radio.
Premiered: 12/10/1996
S1 Ep9
Aaron Copland ~ About the Composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was one of the most respected American classical composers of the twentieth century. By incorporating popular forms of American music such as jazz and folk into his compositions, he created pieces both exceptional and innovative. As a spokesman for the advancement of indigenous American music, Copland made great strides in liberating it from European influence.
Premiered: 8/18/1986
S19 Ep4
Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned
Shy and unassuming, the "Dean of Deadpan" exploded on the comedy scene in 1960. Over the years, Newhart's cool, calculated routines became part of Americana, from his one-way telephone conversations to the "nervous monologue" sketch. He went on to create and star in critically acclaimed sitcom staples of the 1970s and '80s, influencing generations of other comics, and is still winning applause.
Premiered: 7/20/2005
S15 Ep6
Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye
Alfred Stieglitz
Stieglitz witnessed New York transform from a sleeping giant of cobblestone streets and horse-drawn trolleys to a vibrant symbol of the modern metropolis, with soaring skyscrapers becoming visible emblems of a new age. Alfred Stieglitz’s seminal role as artist and art impresario at a time when American culture was redefining its fundamental ways of seeing, thinking and experiencing the world.
Premiered: 4/16/2001
S20 Ep6
Andy Warhol: A Documentary
In 1956 Warhol traveled around the world for several weeks, visiting many countries in Asia and Europe. In the late 1950s he began to devote more energy to painting. He made his first Pop paintings, based on comics and ads, in 1961, and then a series of Campbell’s Soup Cans in 1962. These created a sensation in the art world and launched Warhol as a celebrity.
Premiered: 9/20/2006
S4 Ep5
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker's nickname "Yardbird" came to be while he was on the way to a gig with some fellow musicians and involved a bird in a yard that had an unfortunate fate.
Premiered: 8/17/1989

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