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American Masters, committed to producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history.

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How Julia Alvarez conceived the story for her novel "Afterlife"
"Afterlife" was Julia Alvarez's way of "[giving] voice to that landscape of aging."
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Julia Alvarez on the female perspective in "In the Time of the Butterflies"
Julia Alvarez wanted to write about dictatorship from a female perspective for her second novel.
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The true story behind "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents"
Julia Alvarez recounts the day she had to escape from the Dominican Republic with her family.
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Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Seton J. Melvin, Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Anita and Jay Kaufman, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Charina Endowment Fund, The Marc Haas Foundation and public television viewers.
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PBS Space Time
Is Gravity RANDOM Not Quantum?
What if gravity isn’t weirdly quantum at all, but rather … just a bit messy?
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Reactions
Did fraud lead us to an Alzheimer's breakthrough?
Scientific fraud rocked the Alzheimer’s research community. Did it help point to a cure?
Episode: S10 E11 | 9:53
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A People's History
Who can Identify as a Native American?
Tai Leclare and experts explore Native American identity.
Episode: S2 E8 | 10:26
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Eons
The Mystery of South America's False Horses
How did the "false horse," Thoatherium, and its relatives survive?
Episode: S7 E2 | 9:45
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PBS Space Time
Can We Create New Elements Beyond the Periodic Table
Have we reached the end of the line of discoverable elements?
Episode: S10 E18 | 17:02
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Eons
When India Was An Island
We need to talk about the biggest break-up of all-time.
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