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Tells the story of this remarkable woman's quest to rescue her family from poverty and to find wealth, fame and happiness for herself.

With her brassy sexual presence and trademark gift for edgy innuendo, she'd delight fans and appall prudes during her heyday on stage, screen, and radio, and her multi-hyphenate show business...

Explore the life, career, art and legacy of the African American contralto and civil rights pioneer Marian Anderson. Producer: Lynneisha Ray, Philip Gittelman, Rita Coburn. Author: Rita Coburn,...

American Masters: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Distinctly referred to as "a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture," icon Maya Angelou gave people the freedom to think about their...

American Masters: N Scott Momaday - Words From A DVD

Ra?l Juli? The World s a Stage examines the life and career of the inspiring entertainer, Ra?l Juli?.

He was "Mr. Entertainment," a show-business meteor who blazed across the twentieth century. Sammy Davis, Jr. Had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, yet his life was complex,...

During his eight-decade career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment: Vaudeville, Broadway, movies, radio, television, popular song and...

People worldwide have seen the Disney animated classic Bambi and been deeply moved by it, but few can tell you the name of the artist behind the film. Even fewer are aware of this pioneering artist's...

American Masters: Wyeth DVD

Ancient Roads From Christ To Constantine DVD

With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical artefacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors, charting our...