Assignment America
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Documentary
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 4
avg.Runtime | min
First EP |
Last EP | 1975-05-13
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A weekly series with alternating interviewer: Harvard psycho-historian Doris Kerns; poet, playwright and author Maya Angelou; syndicated columnist George Will and populist chronicler Studs Terkel. Each program featured one of the four in a 30-minute film or videotape report on someone who contributed to the ideas and issues of America.
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Episode #101: Ed Sadlowski: A Message to Pittsburgh
1975-01-07
Studs Terkel interviewed 36 year old Sadlowski, director of the largest district of the United Steelworkers of America Union and the nation’s newest spokesman for union democracy.
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Episode #104: Ray Bradbury: The Fantasy Maker
1975-01-28
The man often considered the best living science-fiction writer was interviewed by Maya Angelou with talk centering on abstract concepts of the relationship between science, religion and magic.
108
Episode #108: Angela Davis: A Closer Look
1975-02-25
Maya Angelou visited controversial black radical and former professor Angela Davis at her home, and discussed her childhood, her time in prison and the role of the black woman in the women’s movement.
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Episode #119: Conversation with a Native Son
1975-05-13
Novelist, essayist and outspoken black rights advocate James Baldwin talked about his career with Maya Angelou.
CAST
charactor:
Original: Maya Angelou
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Doris Kerns
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: George Will
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Studs Terkel
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Ray Bradbury
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Angela Davis
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: James Baldwin
Total EP: 1
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