Deborah Forte
Director
Dear America (1999)
Season 1 - Dear America
Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.
Released March 14, 1999
Episode 30 min
7+
Genres: Drama, Family, History
Keywords: tmdb.princess, tmdb.immigrant, tmdb.civil-war, tmdb.politics, tmdb.freedom, tmdb.queen, tmdb.native-american + 15 more, tmdb.industrial-revolution, tmdb.religion, tmdb.historical-fiction, tmdb.slave, tmdb.race, tmdb.ancient-egypt, tmdb.americana, tmdb.pioneer-women, tmdb.american-revolution, tmdb.usa-history, tmdb.young-adult, tmdb.pilgrim, tmdb.pioneers, tmdb.young-women, tmdb.monarch
Production Companies: Scholastic Productions
Network: HBO
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - A Picture of Freedom
In the pre-Civil War South, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write. She determines to help and teach other slaves.
March 14, 1999, midnight
S1E2 - Dreams in the Golden Country
A Russian Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and pursue her dream of acting.
April 1, 1999, midnight
7.0
S1E3 - A Journey to the New World
Mem, a 12-year-old Pilgrim, has just arrived in the New World. With the help of an American Indian, she endures her first year at Plymouth Colony.
May 6, 1999, midnight
4.0
S1E4 - Standing in the Light
A young Quaker girl captured by an Indian tribe falls in love with a handsome warrior and wonders if she will be able to return to her old life.
Sept. 12, 1999, midnight
S1E5 - So Far From Home
Mary, a teenage immigrant from Ireland, finds that working in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts is not what she'd envisioned as new life in America.
Oct. 2, 1999, midnight
S1E6 - The Winter of Red Snow
During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.
Nov. 6, 1999, midnight
S1E7 - Color Me Dark
A young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.
Feb. 7, 2000, midnight
S1E8 - A Line in the Sand
In this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.
April 10, 2000, midnight
S1E9 - When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
Living in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.
July 5, 2000, midnight
Network: HBO
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: March 14, 1999
Last Air Date: Dec. 2, 2000, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y7 / 7+
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