Rating:
7/10 by 3 users
I'll Fly Away: Then And Now
PBS prefaces its rebroadcast of all 39 series episodes (originally aired on NBC) with this new episode in which a 60-year-old Lilly recalls to her 13-year-old grandson a horrifying incident that happened during her final days as the Bedfords' housekeeper. In 1962, a young African-American boy from Detroit who comes to stay with Lilly is kidnapped-then murdered—after speaking rudely to a white woman in public. The only witness to his abduction is Lilly's father, Lewis, who wants to see justice served—but must also consider his family's safety. In an epilogue, Lilly returns to Bryland to discover the fate of her friends and employers. (2 hours)
Writing:
- Joshua Brand
- John Falsey
Release Date:
Mon, Oct 07, 1991
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Sam Waterston
Forrest Bedford
Regina Taylor
Lilly Harper
Jeremy London
Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford
Ashlee Levitch
Francie Bedford
John Aaron Bennett
John Morgan Bedford
Peter Simmons
Paul Slocum
Kathryn Harrold
Christina LeKatzis
Bill Cobbs
Lewis Coleman
Mary Alice
Marguerite Peck
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
Adlaine Harper
Season 3:
PBS prefaces its rebroadcast of all 39 series episodes (originally aired on NBC) with this new episode in which a 60-year-old Lilly recalls to her 13-year-old grandson a horrifying incident that happened during her final days as the Bedfords' housekeeper. In 1962, a young African-American boy from Detroit who comes to stay with Lilly is kidnapped-then murdered—after speaking rudely to a white woman in public. The only witness to his abduction is Lilly's father, Lewis, who wants to see justice served—but must also consider his family's safety. In an epilogue, Lilly returns to Bryland to discover the fate of her friends and employers. (2 hours)
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