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John Waters loves to break the rules and make you laugh along the way. The iconoclast has been doing just... more
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Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Cree musician, artist and activist, has always been ahead of the pack. For six decades, she has... more
Comedian Jo Firestone was leading a weekly remote comedy workshop with a group of senior citizens from New York’s Greenwich... more
Two-time Oscar-nominated animator, writer and filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt is considered one of the most influential figures in animation. In his... more
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“A Strange Loop” has a lot to say in a one-act show. The metafictional musical is playwright, lyricist and composer... more
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How do today’s masters create their art? American Masters: Creative Spark presents narrative interviews that go in-depth with one iconic... more
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Noah Baumbach (“The Squid and the Whale,” “Margot at the Wedding,” “The Meyerowitz Stories”) talks about how and why he... more
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage talks about the origin of her Broadway play, “Sweat,” and the time she spent developing... more
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris broke open the documentary form with his early embrace of re-enactments and stylized lighting and music. His film,... more