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Becoming Helen Keller

Revisit the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, used her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities and people living in poverty.
S35 E20 Length 1:22:50 Premiere: 10.19.21

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Season 35 Episodes

Becoming Helen Keller (Extended Audio Description Version)
S35 E21 Length 1:36:11 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Becoming Helen Keller
S35 E20 Length 1:22:50 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
S35 E19 Length 1:28:42 Premiere Date 10.5.21

Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away
S35 E9 Length 1:22:31 Premiere Date 7.27.21

Ballerina Boys
S35 E8 Length 53:26 Premiere Date 6.4.21

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
S35 E7 Length 1:39:49 Premiere Date 5.3.21

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (Audio Descriptive Version)
S35 E6 Length 1:49:28 Premiere Date 4.9.21

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
S35 E5 Length 1:49:28 Premiere Date 4.9.21

Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story
S35 E4 Length 1:23:55 Premiere Date 4.2.21

Twyla Moves
S35 E3 Length 1:22:31 Premiere Date 3.26.21

Flannery
S35 E2 Length 1:23:23 Premiere Date 3.23.21

How It Feels To Be Free
S35 E1 Length 1:53:19 Premiere Date 1.18.21

Helen Keller the suffragist
Clip Length 00:59 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Helen Keller the suffragist [Audio Description]
Clip Length 00:59 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Helen Keller studied socialism
Clip Length 01:41 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Helen Keller studied socialism [Audio Description]
Clip Length 01:41 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Keller's use of oral communication
Clip Length 02:31 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Keller's use of oral communication [Audio Description]
Clip Length 02:31 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Becoming Helen Keller
Preview Length 01:04 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Rapper Warren "Wawa" Snipe on hip-hop in the Deaf community
Clip Length 03:33 Premiere Date 10.19.21

Against All Odds: Meet the Woman Behind American Masters
Clip Length 05:29 Premiere Date 3.9.18

Remembering Anthony Bourdain
Clip Length 00:24 Premiere Date 6.8.18

Remembering Neil Simon
Clip Length 01:04 Premiere Date 8.28.18

Artists Flight Series Promo
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 8.31.18

Remembering Paula Wayne
Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 11.12.18

Specials

Jacques Pépin Makes Cold Tomato-Cucumber Soup
Length 05:15 Premiere Date 12.2.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Moules Two Ways
Length 05:22 Premiere Date 12.2.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Kale Soup
Length 05:30 Premiere Date 12.2.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Tomato Toasts
Length 06:41 Premiere Date 12.2.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Clam Fritters
Length 05:40 Premiere Date 12.2.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Quiche Lorraine
Length 12:09 Premiere Date 12.2.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Beef Carpaccio
Length 05:13 Premiere Date 11.19.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Onion Soup Gratinée
Length 06:49 Premiere Date 11.18.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Sauteed Brussels Sprouts
Length 02:31 Premiere Date 11.18.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Shrimp-Stuffed Portobello
Length 07:24 Premiere Date 11.18.21

Jacques Pépin Makes Fresh Corn Purée
Length 04:09 Premiere Date 11.18.21

Lights, Camera, Acción
Length 24:25 Premiere Date 10.5.21

William Dorsey Swann: The first "Queen of Drag"
Length 04:39 Premiere Date 10.1.21

Crystal Labeija: The Queen Who Reinvented Ball Culture
Length 05:38 Premiere Date 9.24.21

Jean Malin: Queen of the Pansies
Length 05:57 Premiere Date 9.3.21

Flawless Sabrina: Queer Icon and Star of 'The Queen'
Length 06:30 Premiere Date 8.20.21

Joan Jett Blakk: The drag queen who ran for president
Length 06:13 Premiere Date 8.6.21

Jose Sarria: Legendary Drag Queen and Queer Activist
Length 05:52 Premiere Date 7.27.21

Renegades Pilot: Kitty O'Neil [Open Captions]
Length 08:55 Premiere Date 7.26.21

Renegades Pilot: Kitty O'Neil [Audio Description + ASL]
Length 08:55 Premiere Date 7.26.21

Gladys Bentley: Drag King of the Harlem Renaissance
Length 05:57 Premiere Date 6.25.21

Julian Eltinge: Female Impersonator of the Vaudeville Era
Length 04:45 Premiere Date 3.1.21

Amyra León: Strange Grace
Length 15:18 Premiere Date 10.14.20

Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: This Is the Way We Rise
Length 12:16 Premiere Date 10.14.20

Damon Davis: Apologue for the Darkest Gods
Length 11:52 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance
Length 08:00 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Anik Khan: Street Level
Length 13:09 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon
Length 11:54 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: The New Chief
Length 11:20 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is Near
Length 11:01 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Jacques Pépin makes an easy cream cheese soufflé
Length 03:28 Premiere Date 9.4.20

Jacques Pépin makes easy and delicous crêpes
Length 06:05 Premiere Date 9.4.20

Jacques Pépin makes buttermilk pancakes
Length 03:03 Premiere Date 9.4.20

Jacques Pépin makes cocotte eggs
Length 03:48 Premiere Date 9.4.20

Jacques Pépin makes fried eggs
Length 03:21 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes Eggs Jeannette
Length 06:27 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes a country omelet
Length 06:06 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes a seafood omelet
Length 06:40 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes classic scrambled eggs
Length 04:55 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes rice cakes with eggs
Length 03:22 Premiere Date 9.3.20

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