Season 4

1. Testament

1984-11-26 • 60 min

2. A Matter of Principle

1984-12-03 • 60 min

3. 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.

1984-12-10 • 60 min

4. Tomorrow

1984-12-17 • 60 min

5. Go Tell It On the Mountain

1985-01-14 • 60 min

6. Noon Wine

1985-01-21 • 60 min

7. 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.

1985-01-28 • 60 min

8. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

1985-02-04 • ? min

9. The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski

1985-02-11 • ? min

10. Some Men Need Help

1985-02-18 • ? min

11. Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

1985-02-25 • ? min

12. Breakfast with Les and Bess

1985-03-11 • ? min

13. Nightsongs

1985-04-15 • ? min

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.

1985-04-25 • ? min

15. Displaced Person

1985-05-06 • ? min

16. The Europeans

1985-05-15 • ? min

17. El Norte

1985-05-20 • ? min

18. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I

1985-05-27 • ? min

19. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II

1985-06-03 • ? min

20. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III

1985-06-10 • ? min

21. Paper Angels

1985-06-15 • ? min

22. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1985-06-24 • ? min