AllMovie

Originally produced for PBS, the American Cinema series examines at length what is probably the leading American art form: film. Chock-full of clips from important films, and interviews with the men and women who made them, each episode is an in-depth look at an important facet of the history of American film. This particular episode examines the Western, one of Hollywood's most enduring genres. There is discussion about how Westerns were defined by ideas of American masculinity and how the Westerns had a hand in defining those ideas.