| “‘America: The Young Experience’ is a series of six special one-half hour programs produced by Meredith Broadcasting Corporation and Avco Broadcasting Corporation. The programs are designed to explore a different aspect of life in the United States – historical and contemporary, fictional and real – as seen through the eyes of young people.”–1975 Peabody Awards entry form. “James Thomas, son of slaves Luther and Sarah, is an 11-year-old slave child who lives on a southern plantation. Unknown to the family, a slave auction is scheduled. Despite pleas not to be separated on the selling block, the family is sold, each to a separate master. ‘The Sellin” follows their endeavors to reunite and their flight towards a life together as free people. Filmed entirely on location in southern Ohio and Kentucky …”–supplemental material. Program ends with the runaway family hoping a hostile farmer will protect them. |
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