American Playhouse · SEASON 4
Paper Angels
Episode 21 · 1985-06-15

- Drama
- Comedy
Episode overview
Chinese immigrants are detained on Angel Island in 1915 during the Chinese Exclusion era. The new arrivals express their hopes and anxieties as they try to reconcile their Chinese heritage with their new lives in California.
60 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. Testament1984-11-26
2. A Matter of Principle1984-12-03
3. Solomon Northup's Odyssey1984-12-10
4. Tomorrow1984-12-17
5. Go Tell It on the Mountain1985-01-14
6. Noon Wine1985-01-21
7. The Joy That Kills1985-01-28
8. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank1985-02-04
9. The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski1985-02-11
10. Some Men Need Help1985-02-18
11. Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom1985-02-25
12. Breakfast with Les and Bess1985-03-11
13. Nightsongs1985-04-15
14. Under the Biltmore Clock1985-04-25
15. Displaced Person1985-05-06
16. The Europeans1985-05-15
17. El Norte1985-05-20
18. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1)1985-05-27
19. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (2)1985-06-03
20. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (3)1985-06-10
21. Paper Angels1985-06-15
22. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1985-06-24