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November 26, 1984

Season 4

01. Testament

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November 26, 1984

02. A Matter of Principle

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December 3, 1984

03. Solomon Northup's Odyssey

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.

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December 10, 1984

04. Tomorrow

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December 17, 1984

05. Go Tell It On the Mountain

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January 14, 1985

06. Noon Wine

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January 21, 1985

07. The Joy That Kills

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.

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January 28, 1985

08. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

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February 4, 1985

09. The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski

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February 11, 1985

10. Some Men Need Help

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February 18, 1985

11. Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

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February 25, 1985

12. Breakfast with Les and Bess

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March 11, 1985

13. Nightsongs

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April 15, 1985

14. Under the Biltmore Clock

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.

April 25, 1985

15. Displaced Person

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May 6, 1985

16. The Europeans

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May 15, 1985

17. El Norte

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May 20, 1985

18. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I

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May 27, 1985

19. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II

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June 3, 1985

20. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III

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June 10, 1985

21. Paper Angels

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June 15, 1985

22. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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June 24, 1985