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

Sun Ra had a profound and lasting influence on members of the Sun Ra Arkestra.
Discover the extraordinary life of poet, philosopher and music visionary Sun Ra.
Sun Ra wanted to change humanity with his concept of the “alter destiny.”
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.
There’s a new generation of experiments that may unlock the gravity particle.
Ancient weeds mimicked crops, tricking farmers into domesticating friends—and enemies—by mistake.
Brains and brawn aren’t opposites—they’ve been linked far longer than we might think.
George visits chemists and discovers that Mexican Coke is doing something secretive.
The universe thrums with quantum fields, except something may be missing: the sterile neutrino.
Gravitons, the particle of quantum gravity, may be impossible to detect.