American Masters: Season 28
Season 28 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 27.
- 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 28 Progress Shield
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love
Dec 27, 2013 · 90 min
A profile of composer Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012), featuring remarks from family and such friends as Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Steven Soderbergh, Quincy Jones, Tim Rice, Chris
Salinger
Jan 21, 2014 · 90 min
Featuring never-before-seen photographs, personal stories and moments from J.D. Salinger’s (1919 -2010) life and harrowing service in World War II, Salerno’s new director’s cut exp
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Feb 7, 2014 · 90 min
A profile of writer Alice Walker, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (for her 1982 novel "The Color Purple"). Included: remarks from Walker; Dan
A Fierce Green Fire
Apr 22, 2014 · 90 min
An exploration of the environmental movement from the 1960s through 2009. Included: the battle in the 1960s to block dams from the Grand Canyon; the Love Canal scandal of the 1970s
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
May 16, 2014 · 90 min
Profiling George Plimpton (1927-2003), whose exploits in participatory journalism led to such fun reads as "Paper Lion" (about how he tried out for the Detroit Lions) and "Out of M
Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun
Jun 20, 2014 · 90 min
Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929–2000) was a star ballerina with the New York City Ballet who greatly influenced choreographers George Balanchine (her husband) and Jerome Robbins (her frie
Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
Aug 29, 2014 · 90 min
A profile of photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), who captured iconic images of the Great Depression, Dust Bowl and WWII Japanese-American internment camps, by her granddaughte
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Sep 23, 2014 · 90 min
American Masters – Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work takes the audience on a year-long ride with Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life; it peels away the mask of an iconic comedian, layi
The Boomer List
Sep 23, 2014 · 90 min
From the time of its birth, the baby boomer generation (1946-1964) has significantly and uniquely changed our world. 2014 marks an important shift in American culture, as the last
Bing Crosby Rediscovered
Dec 2, 2014 · 90 min
Bing Crosby (1903-77) is remembered via home movies, Dictabelt recordings, photos and insights from wife Kathryn, daughter Mary and sons Harry and Nathaniel. He scored nearly 400 h