Episode list

American Playhouse

A Raisin in the Sun
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor Black family.
7.5 /10
Ask Me Again

Tue, Feb 07, 1989
The heroine is a rebellious only child of a stuffy Upper East side family who struggle s to assert her independence. She (and her wildly curly hair) bravely fights her overbearing mother's efforts to tame her, and proudly works in a small esoteric publishing house and has a leftist neighbor/ boyfriend and a wacky best friend. She resists her mother's efforts to set her up with a suitable young man, but eventually finds that she was wrong about him.
8.9 /10
Life Under Water
Young man, who can't get along with the rest of the world, especially his mother, decides to try to take his life in his own hands.
5.4 /10
The Meeting

Tue, May 02, 1989
Fictional meeting between Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in Harlem in the early '60's.
9.2 /10
Land of Little Rain
In 1900, if you wanted to be a writer in California, you had better be a man. Mary Austin sought to prove herself against incredible odds as a poet, novelist, and playwright, teaching feminist ideals and becoming one of the foremost writers to document the complex culture and heritage of the American Southwest.
8.5 /10

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