In this fact-based story, a convict is confined to the dungeons of Alcatraz for three years in isolation after a failed escape. When he at last emerges from the total darkness, he's confused, savage, barely human, and he immediately kills the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It's an open-and-shut case of Murder One. But his resolute attorney puts Alcatraz and its sadistic associate warden on trial in his client's behalf.

A serious exploration of some of the questions surrounding religious vocation in an aggressively secular culture, the series chronicles several emotional weeks in the lives of four young men as they struggle with the decision to enter the seminary and become Roman Catholic priests. All grapple with the sacrifices they would have to make should they enter the priesthood, including the vow of celibacy. And all of them do unusual things things, often...

"Sandburg's Lincoln, television's first broadcasted mini-series stars Hal Holbrook in his Emmy-winning role in this dramatic adaptation of Carl Sandburg's bestselling novel" --Container

The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.

The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.