Andy Warhol's America

Name: Andy Warhol's America
Released: 2022-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

He was a pioneering artist and cultural icon, and his work is a history of 20th-century America. A country reinventing itself, as seen through an artist's eye.

2022 · 58m

Director Francis Whately

EPISODE 1

Living the Dream

How Warhol both glorified and critiqued American culture on his journey from childhood poverty in Pittsburgh to the A-list of New York society.
EPISODE 2

The American Nightmare

Charting Andy Warhol's response to major events in the Sixties and how he faced his own nightmare when he was shot by an associate.
EPISODE 3

Life After Death

As time goes on Warhol becomes a man obsessed with money and security as he reflects on the upper echelons of American society, drag queens and racism.