Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

Experience the story of the Oscar-winning Indigenous artist from her rise to prominence in New York’s Greenwich Village folk music scene through her six-decade groundbreaking career as a singer-songwriter, social activist, educator and artist.

Season 36 Episode 6 Length 1:29:33 Premiere: 11/22/22

Recent Episodes

José Clemente Orozco: Man of Fire

S21 E7 Length 55:41 Premiere Date 10/07/23

José Clemente Orozco: Hombre de Fuego (En Español)

S37 E10 Length 54:31 Premiere Date 10/07/23

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

S37 E9 Length 1:22:29 Premiere Date 10/06/23

A Song for Cesar

S37 E8 Length 1:22:12 Premiere Date 09/29/23

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

S37 E7 Length 1:22:45 Premiere Date 09/22/23

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

S37 E6 Length 1:33:44 Premiere Date 09/15/23

Clips & Previews

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

Preview Length 03:10 Premiere Date 11/22/22

How Buffy Sainte-Marie won an Oscar for "Up Where We Belong"

Clip Length 01:39 Premiere Date 11/22/22

The origins of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier"

Clip Length 02:09 Premiere Date 11/22/22

Buffy Sainte-Marie brought Indigenous representation to TV

Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 11/22/22

When Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote the "first feminist anthem"

Clip Length 02:17 Premiere Date 11/22/22

Remembering Jonas Mekas

Clip Length 02:47 Premiere Date 01/23/19

Remembering Carol Channing

Clip Length 01:03 Premiere Date 01/15/19

Remembering Stan Lee

Clip Length 07:17 Premiere Date 11/13/18

Remembering Paula Wayne

Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 11/12/18

Artists Flight Series Promo

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 08/31/18

Remembering Neil Simon

Clip Length 01:04 Premiere Date 08/28/18

Remembering Anthony Bourdain

Clip Length 00:24 Premiere Date 06/08/18

Against All Odds: Meet the Woman Behind American Masters

Clip Length 05:29 Premiere Date 03/09/18

Specials

Neil Young on David Geffen’s success as a media mogul

Length 15:10 Premiere Date 11/08/23

How Rita Moreno auditioned and rehearsed for West Side Story

Length 20:32 Premiere Date 11/06/23

How Billy Crystal learned to imitate Sammy Davis, Jr.

Length 19:23 Premiere Date 11/01/23

John Singleton on having Maya Angelou as a mentor

Length 13:33 Premiere Date 08/22/23

Steve Martin on how David Geffen thrived through friendships

Length 14:41 Premiere Date 08/09/23

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas on living in Andy Warhol's New York

Length 22:21 Premiere Date 08/02/23

Protactile: A Language of Touch [Audio Description + ASL]

Length 17:42 Premiere Date 07/25/23

Protactile: A Language of Touch [Extended Audio Description]

Length 21:23 Premiere Date 07/25/23

Protactile: A Language of Touch

Length 17:42 Premiere Date 07/25/23

André Leon Talley on Mae West’s impact on fashion and style

Length 15:24 Premiere Date 07/20/23

Fran Drescher on being a showrunner for the American sitcom

Length 21:12 Premiere Date 07/11/23

James Earl Jones on Sidney Poitier and acting

Length 16:12 Premiere Date 07/06/23

Lady Bunny on the echoes of Mae West in drag culture

Length 12:19 Premiere Date 06/29/23

Treat Williams on the acting process with Sidney Lumet

Length 06:24 Premiere Date 06/13/23

Keeping Video Art Alive With C.T. Lui

Length 08:24 Premiere Date 06/09/23

Ethan Lim: Cambodian Futures

Length 16:42 Premiere Date 04/25/23

Senghor Reid: Make Way For Tomorrow

Length 13:04 Premiere Date 04/18/23

Walshy Fire: Pull Up

Length 10:25 Premiere Date 04/11/23

Alejandro Jimenez: The Ground I Stand On

Length 12:00 Premiere Date 04/04/23

Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology

Length 14:11 Premiere Date 03/28/23

Sydney G. James: How We See Us

Length 15:33 Premiere Date 03/21/23

Lily Gladstone: Far Out There

Length 13:51 Premiere Date 03/14/23

Jacques Pépin Makes Tuna Tartare

Length 06:39 Premiere Date 09/21/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Sautéed Cod with Mushrooms

Length 05:44 Premiere Date 09/14/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Baked Salmon with Sautéed Endive

Length 04:02 Premiere Date 09/08/22

Martin Scorsese on the films of John Ford

Length 19:20 Premiere Date 09/07/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Pork Roast with Ratatouille

Length 05:25 Premiere Date 08/31/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Pasta Fagioli

Length 04:28 Premiere Date 08/23/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Pasta Primavera

Length 05:32 Premiere Date 08/18/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Spaghetti with Basil Pesto

Length 08:09 Premiere Date 08/11/22

Jacques Pépin Prepares Blueberries with Lemon and Mint

Length 03:24 Premiere Date 08/01/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Lemon Posset for Dessert

Length 04:16 Premiere Date 07/25/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Ice Cream French Toast

Length 03:33 Premiere Date 07/20/22

How Harry Belafonte embraced Black culture in music

Length 16:49 Premiere Date 07/12/22

Tracey Ullman on Mel Brooks' intrinsically American comedy

Length 11:45 Premiere Date 06/22/22

Baayork Lee on becoming a Broadway star at age 5

Length 12:24 Premiere Date 05/25/22

I. M. Pei on sculpture

Length 07:26 Premiere Date 05/18/22

Gloria Steinem on the legacy of Marilyn Monroe

Length 11:00 Premiere Date 03/24/22

Laura Linney on mastering acting at Juilliard

Length 15:07 Premiere Date 03/17/22

Patti Smith on Lou Reed and rock and roll

Length 15:35 Premiere Date 03/04/22

Dionne Warwick on Lena Horne and her musical influences

Length 11:55 Premiere Date 03/02/22

Herbie Hancock on jazz and Quincy Jones' influence

Length 15:39 Premiere Date 02/25/22

Gloria Naylor on the American dream

Length 15:16 Premiere Date 02/25/22

Betty White talks about funny women in comedy history

Length 12:12 Premiere Date 02/25/22

Jacques Pépin Makes Clam Fritters

Length 05:40 Premiere Date 12/02/21

Jacques Pépin Makes Quiche Lorraine

Length 12:09 Premiere Date 12/02/21

Jacques Pépin Makes Cold Tomato-Cucumber Soup

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 12/02/21

Jacques Pépin Makes Moules Two Ways

Length 05:22 Premiere Date 12/02/21

Jacques Pépin Makes Kale Soup

Length 05:30 Premiere Date 12/02/21

Jacques Pépin Makes Tomato Toasts

Length 06:41 Premiere Date 12/02/21

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 10/05/21

William Dorsey Swann: The first "Queen of Drag"

Length 04:39 Premiere Date 10/01/21

Crystal Labeija: The Queen Who Reinvented Ball Culture

Length 05:38 Premiere Date 09/24/21

Jean Malin: Queen of the Pansies

Length 05:57 Premiere Date 09/03/21

Flawless Sabrina: Queer Icon and Star of 'The Queen'

Length 06:30 Premiere Date 08/20/21

Joan Jett Blakk: The drag queen who ran for president

Length 06:13 Premiere Date 08/06/21

Jose Sarria: Legendary Drag Queen and Queer Activist

Length 05:52 Premiere Date 07/27/21

Renegades Pilot: Kitty O'Neil [Audio Description + ASL]

Length 08:55 Premiere Date 07/26/21

Renegades Pilot: Kitty O'Neil [Open Captions]

Length 08:55 Premiere Date 07/26/21

Gladys Bentley: Drag King of the Harlem Renaissance

Length 05:57 Premiere Date 06/25/21

Julian Eltinge: Female Impersonator of the Vaudeville Era

Length 04:45 Premiere Date 03/01/21

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 10/05/20

Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance

Length 08:00 Premiere Date 10/05/20

Anik Khan: Street Level

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Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon

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Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: The New Chief

Length 11:20 Premiere Date 10/05/20

Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is Near

Length 11:01 Premiere Date 10/05/20

Jacques Pépin makes buttermilk pancakes

Length 03:03 Premiere Date 09/04/20

Jacques Pépin makes cocotte eggs

Length 03:48 Premiere Date 09/04/20

Jacques Pépin makes an easy cream cheese soufflé

Length 03:28 Premiere Date 09/04/20

Jacques Pépin makes easy and delicious crêpes

Length 06:05 Premiere Date 09/04/20

Jacques Pépin makes a country omelet

Length 06:06 Premiere Date 09/03/20

Jacques Pépin makes a seafood omelet

Length 06:40 Premiere Date 09/03/20

Jacques Pépin makes classic scrambled eggs

Length 04:55 Premiere Date 09/03/20

Jacques Pépin makes rice cakes with eggs

Length 03:22 Premiere Date 09/03/20

Jacques Pépin makes fried eggs

Length 03:21 Premiere Date 09/03/20

Jacques Pépin makes Eggs Jeannette

Length 06:27 Premiere Date 09/03/20

The First Black Woman to Run for Vice President of The U.S.

Length 12:32 Premiere Date 08/26/20

Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer and Writer

Length 11:39 Premiere Date 08/19/20

Jeannette Rankin: The First Woman Member of U.S. Congress

Length 12:38 Premiere Date 08/12/20

Jovita Idar: Mexican American Activist and Journalist

Length 11:08 Premiere Date 08/05/20

Martha Hughes Cannon: The First Woman State Senator

Length 12:23 Premiere Date 07/29/20

She was a Civil Rights Activist and Co-Founder of the NAACP

Length 11:53 Premiere Date 07/22/20

She was a Daredevil Performer & Advocate for the Blind

Length 10:02 Premiere Date 07/15/20

She was the First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel

Length 11:54 Premiere Date 07/08/20

Queen Lili‘uokalani - The First and Last Queen of Hawai‘i

Length 12:14 Premiere Date 07/01/20

Sissieretta Jones was a Trailblazing Black Opera Singer

Length 11:05 Premiere Date 06/24/20

The First American Indian Doctor

Length 11:37 Premiere Date 06/17/20

Annie Smith Peck: Record-Breaking Mountaineer

Length 10:40 Premiere Date 06/10/20

Gladys Bentley: Gender-Bending Performer and Musician

Length 11:51 Premiere Date 06/03/20

The First American-Born Chinese Woman Doctor

Length 10:18 Premiere Date 05/27/20

She was a leader of the American labor movement

Length 10:59 Premiere Date 05/20/20

She was the first Chinese American woman to vote in the U.S.

Length 10:18 Premiere Date 05/13/20

This Astronomer Discovered Over 300 Stars During Her Career

Length 09:34 Premiere Date 05/06/20

She was an American Cinema Pioneer

Length 12:12 Premiere Date 04/29/20

The First Woman to Lead Arctic Expeditions

Length 10:00 Premiere Date 04/22/20

Meta Warrick Fuller: Trailblazing African American Sculptor

Length 11:25 Premiere Date 04/15/20

Anna May Wong: The first Asian American Movie Star

Length 11:25 Premiere Date 04/08/20

Ynés Mexía: Mexican-American Botanist and Adventurer

Length 09:17 Premiere Date 04/01/20

Lillian Gilbreth: Pioneering Inventor

Length 10:20 Premiere Date 03/25/20

Maggie Lena Walker: Civil Rights Activist and Entrepreneur

Length 09:40 Premiere Date 03/18/20

Grace Abbott: Social Work Pioneer

Length 09:04 Premiere Date 03/11/20

Aviator Bessie Coleman

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Season 36 Episodes

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Show Clips & Previews

Groucho & Cavett

S36 E8 Length 1:21:59 Premiere Date 12/27/22

The Adventures of Saul Bellow

S36 E7 Length 1:22:55 Premiere Date 12/12/22

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

S36 E6 Length 1:29:33 Premiere Date 11/22/22

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road

S36 E5 Length 1:23:22 Premiere Date 06/14/22

Waterman – Duke: Ambassador of Aloha

S36 E3 Length 1:23:57 Premiere Date 05/10/22

Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands

S36 E2 Length 1:53:01 Premiere Date 02/08/22

Ailey

S36 E1 Length 1:23:21 Premiere Date 01/11/22

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

Preview Length 03:10 Premiere Date 11/22/22

How Buffy Sainte-Marie won an Oscar for "Up Where We Belong"

Clip Length 01:39 Premiere Date 11/22/22

The origins of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier"

Clip Length 02:09 Premiere Date 11/22/22

Buffy Sainte-Marie brought Indigenous representation to TV

Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 11/22/22

When Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote the "first feminist anthem"

Clip Length 02:17 Premiere Date 11/22/22

Remembering Jonas Mekas

Clip Length 02:47 Premiere Date 01/23/19

Remembering Carol Channing

Clip Length 01:03 Premiere Date 01/15/19

Remembering Stan Lee

Clip Length 07:17 Premiere Date 11/13/18

Remembering Paula Wayne

Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 11/12/18

Artists Flight Series Promo

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 08/31/18

Remembering Neil Simon

Clip Length 01:04 Premiere Date 08/28/18

Remembering Anthony Bourdain

Clip Length 00:24 Premiere Date 06/08/18

Against All Odds: Meet the Woman Behind American Masters

Clip Length 05:29 Premiere Date 03/09/18

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Often thought of as the "other" Mexican muralist (beside his more flamboyant compatriot Diego Rivera), Jose Orozco was a leader of the Mexican Renaissance. His bold, dynamic frescoes had a profound impact on American painters and inspired Franklin D. Roosevelt to put artists to work during the Great Depression.

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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

Recent Episodes

José Clemente Orozco: Man of Fire

José Clemente Orozco: Hombre de Fuego (En Español)

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

A Song for Cesar

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

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Clips & Previews

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

How Buffy Sainte-Marie won an Oscar for "Up Where We Belong"

The origins of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier"

Buffy Sainte-Marie brought Indigenous representation to TV

When Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote the "first feminist anthem"

Remembering Jonas Mekas

Remembering Carol Channing

Remembering Stan Lee

Remembering Paula Wayne

Artists Flight Series Promo

Remembering Neil Simon

Remembering Anthony Bourdain

Against All Odds: Meet the Woman Behind American Masters

Specials

Neil Young on David Geffen’s success as a media mogul

How Rita Moreno auditioned and rehearsed for West Side Story

How Billy Crystal learned to imitate Sammy Davis, Jr.

John Singleton on having Maya Angelou as a mentor

Steve Martin on how David Geffen thrived through friendships

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas on living in Andy Warhol's New York

Protactile: A Language of Touch [Audio Description + ASL]

Protactile: A Language of Touch [Extended Audio Description]

Protactile: A Language of Touch

André Leon Talley on Mae West’s impact on fashion and style

Fran Drescher on being a showrunner for the American sitcom

James Earl Jones on Sidney Poitier and acting

Lady Bunny on the echoes of Mae West in drag culture

Treat Williams on the acting process with Sidney Lumet

Keeping Video Art Alive With C.T. Lui

Ethan Lim: Cambodian Futures

Senghor Reid: Make Way For Tomorrow

Walshy Fire: Pull Up

Alejandro Jimenez: The Ground I Stand On

Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology

Sydney G. James: How We See Us

Lily Gladstone: Far Out There

Jacques Pépin Makes Tuna Tartare

Jacques Pépin Makes Sautéed Cod with Mushrooms

Jacques Pépin Makes Baked Salmon with Sautéed Endive

Martin Scorsese on the films of John Ford

Jacques Pépin Makes Pork Roast with Ratatouille

Jacques Pépin Makes Pasta Fagioli

Jacques Pépin Makes Pasta Primavera

Jacques Pépin Makes Spaghetti with Basil Pesto

Jacques Pépin Prepares Blueberries with Lemon and Mint

Jacques Pépin Makes Lemon Posset for Dessert

Jacques Pépin Makes Ice Cream French Toast

How Harry Belafonte embraced Black culture in music

Tracey Ullman on Mel Brooks' intrinsically American comedy

Baayork Lee on becoming a Broadway star at age 5

I. M. Pei on sculpture

Gloria Steinem on the legacy of Marilyn Monroe

Laura Linney on mastering acting at Juilliard

Patti Smith on Lou Reed and rock and roll

Dionne Warwick on Lena Horne and her musical influences

Herbie Hancock on jazz and Quincy Jones' influence

Gloria Naylor on the American dream

Betty White talks about funny women in comedy history

Jacques Pépin Makes Clam Fritters

Jacques Pépin Makes Quiche Lorraine

Jacques Pépin Makes Cold Tomato-Cucumber Soup

Jacques Pépin Makes Moules Two Ways

Jacques Pépin Makes Kale Soup

Jacques Pépin Makes Tomato Toasts

Jacques Pépin Makes Beef Carpaccio

Jacques Pépin Makes Onion Soup Gratinée

Jacques Pépin Makes Sauteed Brussels Sprouts

Jacques Pépin Makes Shrimp-Stuffed Portobello

Jacques Pépin Makes Fresh Corn Purée

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