Maya Angelou
Assignment America (1975)
Season 1
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.
Released Jan. 7, 1975
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, News
Production Companies: Thirteen
Network: Thirteen WNET
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E101 - Episode #101: Ed Sadlowski: A Message to Pittsburgh
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.
Jan. 7, 1975, midnight
S1E104 - Episode #104: Ray Bradbury: The Fantasy Maker
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.
Jan. 28, 1975, midnight
S1E108 - Episode #108: Angela Davis: A Closer Look
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.
Feb. 25, 1975, midnight
S1E119 - Episode #119: Conversation with a Native Son
Novelist, essayist and outspoken black rights advocate James Baldwin talked about his career with Maya Angelou.
May 13, 1975, midnight
Network: Thirteen WNET
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 42 min.
Released: Jan. 7, 1975
Last Air Date: May 13, 1975, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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