Stevan Larner
1) Badlands
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English
Description
Based on the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of 1958, in which a fifteen-year-old girl and her twenty-five-year-old boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.
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English
Description
The storm breaks in Europe as the Soviet-German pact has come to pass. President Roosevelt asks for Pug to be his "eyes and ears" in Germany. Caught in the turbulence of Hitler's lightning-fast sweept into Poland are Pug's son, Bryan and the woman he loves, Natalie Jastro, the niece of Jewish-American author, Aaron Jastrow.
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English
Description
America is unaware that a "Day of Infamy" is approaching. In Russia, Pug smoothes over a diplomatic-military problem with Josef Stalin, then heads for Hawaii and his new command: the battleship U.S. California. Other members of the family are also on the move. While Byron is at sea, Natalie sets sail for Palestine with her uncle. Warren (Pug's second son) flies a mission out of Pearl Harbor.
4) Roots
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English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boys' abduction to America and continues throughout the generations that follow.
5) Roots
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
6) Roots
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.