Season 13
Episodes • 1998

1. Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
90 minChronicle of the achievements of the noted composer and conductor of popular and classical music.
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2. The Line King: Al Hirschfeld
90 minAn in-depth look at the famous art and caricatures of Al Hirschfeld.
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3. Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
90 minDocumentary about the life of Paul Robeson: actor, scholar, and rights activist.
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4. Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius
90 minThe boundaries broken by the innovative experimental artist.
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5. The Lives of Lillian Hellman
90 minThe politics and writings of the noted 20th century woman.
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6. Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer
90 minA profile of an author as mysterious as some of his well-known detective stories.
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7. Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
90 minA story of the women who created some of Broadway's most memorable songs.
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