Season 4
Episodes
1. Testament
1984-11-26
No overview available.
2. A Matter of Principle
1984-12-03
No overview available.
3. Solomon Northup's Odyssey
1984-12-10
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.
4. Tomorrow
1984-12-17
No overview available.
5. Go Tell It On the Mountain
1985-01-14
No overview available.
6. Noon Wine
1985-01-21
No overview available.
7. The Joy That Kills
1985-01-28
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.
8. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
1985-02-04
No overview available.
9. The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
1985-02-11
No overview available.
10. Some Men Need Help
1985-02-18
No overview available.
11. Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985-02-25
No overview available.
12. Breakfast with Les and Bess
1985-03-11
No overview available.
13. Nightsongs
1985-04-15
No overview available.
14. Under the Biltmore Clock
1985-04-25
F. Scott Fitzgerald's comedy of a stylish young flapper (Sean Young) who chooses a husband (Lenny Von Dohlen), but finds she can't compete with his family.
15. Displaced Person
1985-05-06
No overview available.
16. The Europeans
1985-05-15
No overview available.
17. El Norte
1985-05-20
No overview available.
18. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I
1985-05-27
No overview available.
19. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II
1985-06-03
No overview available.
20. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III
1985-06-10
No overview available.
21. Paper Angels
1985-06-15
No overview available.
22. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1985-06-24
No overview available.