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ABC | Air Date: January 29, 1977
Starring: LeVar Burton, Ren Woods, Raymond St. Jacques, Moses Gunn, Richard McKenzie, Thalmus Rasulala, Gary Collins, Lee Jones-deBroux, Paul Shenar, Beverly Todd, Maya Angelou, Harry Rhodes, Linda Day George, Vic Morrow, Olivia Cole, Lane Binkley, Sally Kemp, Austin Stoker, John Quade, Joe Dorsey, Wally Taylor, Charles Cyphers, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, William Watson
Summary: With a growing family and a successful cock-fighting career, Chicken George's world is suddenly turned upside down when paranoia sets in around the county after a renegade slave named Nat Turner goes on a killing spree. George's luck then takes a turn for the worse when his owner loses a large bet and must give George up to be a cockWith a growing family and a successful cock-fighting career, Chicken George's world is suddenly turned upside down when paranoia sets in around the county after a renegade slave named Nat Turner goes on a killing spree. George's luck then takes a turn for the worse when his owner loses a large bet and must give George up to be a cock trainer in England to repay the debt. George eventually returns to America 14 years later as a free man and finds that not only have his sons married and started families, but a Civil War is looming, threatening the livelihood of the south, and forcing him to leave home again in order to remain free.… Expand
Genre(s): Drama, Documentary
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