Bird of the Iron Feather - 1970 PBS "soul drama"

[DRW50]

Do any of you know any more about this show?

http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/archivalcoll/durham.php

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876642,00.html

This is from the June 1970 Afternoon TV

[cct]

No. But it looks FASCINATING. Given the time period, it probably would not have been shy either.

[DRW50]

Definitely not. It sounds like the show had a lot to say. I wish this and Our Street, the black soap PBS had a few years later, were available. Since much of early PBS is still around (or is that just Sesame Street and Electric Company), you'd think this might be as well.

[ReddFoxx]

http://www.jfredmacdonald.com/avhighlights/playrddf_birdoftheironfeather1.htm

http://www.jfredmacdonald.com/avhighlights/playrddf_birdoftheironfeather2.htm

A couple of episodes I located online.

[DRW50]

Thanks for finding those! Didn't know any were available. I just watched the first. Considering the low budget I thought it was very effective, aside from the theme song (which borders on self-parody), and the scenes of the people being shot, which were fake. The build-up of his sense of helplessness was very believable, and the actor was strong and likeable. I also like how his war experience clearly shaped him, but he wasn't written as the stereotypical crazy vet. I'm surprised that this got on the air, even on PBS.