Ahead of his 100th birthday, celebrate the life and career of legendary actor Dick Van Dyke. Known for iconic roles in Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and his classic CBS sitcom, he has delighted audiences on screen and stage for eight decades.

Take an intimate look at the life and career of actress Marlee Matlin as she shares her story.

Max Roach, the groundbreaking jazz pioneer and virtuoso composer. Whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him.

Explore the story of writer Julia Alvarez, who blazed a trail for a generation of Latino authors.

The life of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), a life filled with drama, adversity and triumph, is one of the great stories of the modern era. Despite poverty, childhood rheumatic fever that damaged his heart and an explosion in his youth that cost him his left hand, Orozco persisted in his wish to become an artist.

Discover how Marcella Hazan shaped Italian cuisine in America.

Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political thinkers of the 20th century.

Trace the life and music of “Society’s Child” folk icon and LGBTQ+ advocate Janis Ian.

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.

AMERICAN MASTERS explores the life and work of cartoonist Art Spiegelman, known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, about his parents’ survival of the Holocaust.