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American Playhouse Season 4
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Testament Nov 26, 1984
A Matter of Principle Dec 3, 1984
Solomon Northup's Odyssey Dec 10, 1984 Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular character. It was the second film to be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, following Denmark Vesey's Rebellion in 1982. Parks returned to direct the film after years of absence. He chose to work in the Deep South and to collaborate with a crew of mixed races. The film first aired on PBS on December 10, 1984 and as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free.
Tomorrow Dec 17, 1984
Go Tell It On the Mountain Jan 14, 1985
Noon Wine Jan 21, 1985
The Joy That Kills Jan 28, 1985 The Joy that Kills is a 1984 television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." It was directed by Tina Rathborne and co-written by Rathbone and Nancy Dyer. It was released in 1984 as a part of the PBS series American Playhouse.
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank Feb 4, 1985
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski Feb 11, 1985
Some Men Need Help Feb 18, 1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom Feb 25, 1985
Breakfast with Les and Bess Mar 11, 1985
Nightsongs Apr 15, 1985
Under the Biltmore Clock Apr 22, 1985
Displaced Person May 6, 1985
The Europeans May 16, 1985