The Disappearance of Miss Scott
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Learn about jazz virtuoso and screen superstar Hazel Scott, the first Black American to have their own television show. An early civil rights pioneer, Scott faced down the Red Scare at the risk of losing her career and was a champion for equality.

Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 3607

About American Masters:

AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists.

Created in 1984 by Susan Lacy and produced by Thirteen/WNET for national public television, the series is both a celebration and an exploration of creativity in America.

Consisting of more than 250 hours of programming to date, AMERICAN MASTERS is a growing film library documenting the role important individuals, groups, and movements have played in the formation of our cultural identity.


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Mon, Jul 7 3:00 P.M. Moynihan     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jul 8 3:00 P.M. The Incomparable Mr. Buckley     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Jul 9 1:00 P.M. Marcella     NH Explore (11.2)
Wed, Jul 9 3:00 P.M. Jerry Brown: The Disrupter     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Jul 10 3:00 P.M. Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jul 11 10:00 P.M. Marcella     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Jul 12 2:30 A.M. Marcella     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Jul 12 8:00 P.M. Marcella     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Jul 13 12:00 A.M. Marcella     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Jul 13 10:00 P.M. Marcella     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Jul 14 2:00 A.M. Marcella     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Jul 14 10:00 A.M. Marcella     NH World (11.3)
Sat, Jul 19 8:00 P.M. Becoming Helen Keller     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Jul 20 12:00 A.M. Becoming Helen Keller     NH World (11.3)


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