Dear America 1
1999-03-14 | Drama,Family | 9 episodes2 Seasons
Episode
A Picture of Freedom (1999)
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.
Dreams in the Golden Country (1999)
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.
A Journey to the New World (1999)
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.
Directed By
- Don McCutcheon
Writer
- Eric Tuchman
Standing in the Light (1999)
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.
Directed By
- Stacey Stewart Curtis
Writer
- Mary Pope Osborne
So Far From Home (1999)
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.