American Masters: Season 22
Season 22 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 21.
- 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 22 Progress Shield
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Feb 27, 2008 · 90 min
The folk music of a world-famous performer as interested in social change as in the history of American roots music.
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Apr 9, 2008 · 90 min
A recounting of the versatile and controversial work of one of the most flamboyant African-American writers from the first half of the 20th century.
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
May 7, 2008 · 90 min
An in-depth profile of the talented but troubled star who brought more contemporary issues to soul music.
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet (1923-1935)
Sep 23, 2008 · 90 min
Clint Eastwood narrates the history of Warner Bros., which opens with "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet (1923-35)," about the studio's first years, when its biggest star was Rin Tin Tin
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935-1950)
Sep 23, 2008 · 90 min
"Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935-50)" focuses on how Warner Bros. responded to the Great Depression and World War II, when such stars as Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis and Errol Flynn g
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: A New Reality (1950-1970)
Sep 24, 2008 · 90 min
"A New Reality (1950-70)" details how Warner Bros. fought back against TV with such innovations as CinemaScope and 3-D, as well as with such new stars as Doris Day and James Dean.
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Woodstock Notions (1970-1989)
Sep 24, 2008 · 90 min
"Woodstock Notions (1970-89)" recalls the creative renaissance of Warner Bros. during the 1970s and '80s. Included: "Mean Streets," "The Exorcist," "Superman: The Movie," "The Shin
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: The Big Tent (1980-Present)
Sep 25, 2008 · 90 min
"The Big Tent (1980-Present)" chronicles the success of Warner Bros. during the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, including Clint Eastwood's Oscar winners, "The Matrix" franchise and the Harr
The Brothers Warner
Sep 25, 2008 · 90 min
An intimate portrait of the four Warner brothers and their rise to movie-making greatness.