American Masters: Season 17
Season 17 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of American Masters Season 16.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 17 Progress Shield
Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving
Oct 2, 2002 · 90 min
An up-close look at the songs and lifestyle of the popular country western personality.
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Oct 30, 2002 · 90 min
A biography of the influential actor and director of silent film classics and his contributions to character expression and make-up effects.
Juilliard
Jan 29, 2003 · 90 min
A retrospective on the history and work of the famous American school for academic mastery of the performing arts.
Alice Waters and her Delicious Revolution
Mar 19, 2003 · 90 min
Portrait of an American woman who helped pioneer the fresher and simpler cuisine that emerged in California in the later 1970s.
Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind
Apr 2, 2003 · 90 min
The life of the folk singer and songwriting artist and the evolution of her work over three decades.
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
Apr 23, 2003 · 90 min
Biography of the legendary blues player from the deep South who's music contributed to the origins of rock-and-roll.
Robert Capa: In Love and War
May 28, 2003 · 90 min
A documentary on the famous war photographer and the life he led.
The Education of Gore Vidal
Jul 30, 2003 · 90 min
A spotlight on the eclectic and often humorous American writer and his many accomplishments.