BRIEF SERIES DESCRIPTION
Set during the Great Depression of the 1930′s, two young boys, one black, one white, become close friends. This causes conflict in the rural, southern town in which they inhabit.
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GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
GENRE: Drama
SETTING: A small, rural, southern town
STATION: CBS
AIR DATES: March 20, 1980 – June 9, 1981
NUMBER OF EPISODES: 17
NORMAL RUNNING TIME: 60 Minutes
CREW AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
CREATORS: Alex Haley & Norman Lear
PRODUCERS: Alex Haley, Ron Rubin & Michael Weisbarth
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Norman Lear
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Haley/T.A.T.
DISTRIBUTOR: CBS Television
FILM EDITORS: Bernard Balmuth, Jack Horger, Bert Lovitt & Peter Parasheles
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joseph M. Wilcots
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: James D. Bissell
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Al Shackman
COSTUME DESIGNER: Donna Roberts
FILMLING LOCATION: Golden Oak Ranch; Newhall, CA (USA)
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CAST :: CHARACTER NAME…ACTOR NAME
Bessie Freeman…Jonelle Allen
Luther Freeman…Bill Duke
Dina Freeman…Star-Shemah Bobatoon
Booker T. Freeman…Jermain Hodge Johnson
W.D. Hall…Beeson Carroll
Coralee Hall…Janice St. John
Willy-Joe Hall…Michael J. Fox
David Hall…Brian Godfrey Wilson
The Sheriff…Kenneth White
Widder Brown…Iris Korn (1981)
Roy…George ‘Buck’ Flower
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AWARDS
Emmy Awards. 1980
NOMINEE: James D. Bissell & Bill Webb
CATEGORY: Outstanding Art Direction for a Series
RESULT: Won
Emmy Awards, 1981
NOMINEE: Bernard Balmuth
CATEGORY: Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for a Series: “Crossroads”
RESULT: Nominated
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NOMINEE: Louis Gossett Jr.
CATEGORY: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: “Future City ”
RESULT: Nominated
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EXTRAS
Trivia
This series is somewhat auto-biographical for Alex Haley. He grew up in an integrated southern town during the Depression and had a close friend who happened to be white.The title of the show was changed from Palmerstown U.S.A. to Palmerstown in March 1981.
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