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Assignment America

30m1 Season

Documentary

EnglishEnded

101 · Episode #101: Ed Sadlowski: A Message to Pittsburgh

104 · Episode #104: Ray Bradbury: The Fantasy Maker

108 · Episode #108: Angela Davis: A Closer Look

119 · Episode #119: Conversation with a Native Son

Crew and Cast

Maya AngelouMaya Angelou
Doris KernsGeorge WillGeorge WillStuds TerkelStuds TerkelRay BradburyRay BradburyAngela DavisAngela DavisJames BaldwinJames Baldwin

Storyline

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.

  • Thirteen

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Info

Status
Ended
Last aired
13 May 1975

Production

Studios
Thirteen
Countries
United States of America
Networks
Thirteen WNET

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Type
Documentary
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English