Frontline · SEASON 18
Jefferson's Blood
Episode 14 · 2000-05-02
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
In "Jefferson's Blood," FRONTLINE correspondent Shelby Steele and producer Tom Lennon re-examine Jefferson's life, and piece together the little that can be known about Sally Hemings. Steele and Lennon also explore the repercussions of the Jefferson-Hemings relationship for the couple's modern-day descendants, many of whom are still attempting to find their place along America's blurred color line. "[Jefferson] spawned two lines of descendants--one legitimate, one not," Steele says in the documentary. "And this bastardized part of his family would be driven by a sense of incompleteness."
86 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. John Paul II: the Millennial Pope1999-09-28
2. Secrets of the SAT1999-10-05
3. Mafia Power Play1999-10-12
4. The Lost Children of Rockdale County1999-10-19
5. Apocalypse! (2)1999-11-22
6. Justice for Sale1999-11-23
7. The Case for Innocence2000-01-11
8. The Killer at Thurston High2000-01-18
9. The Survival of Saddam2000-01-25
10. Assault on Gay America2000-02-15
11. War in Europe2000-02-22
12. Dr Solomon's Dilemma2000-04-04
13. What's Up With the Weather?2000-04-18
14. Jefferson's Blood2000-05-02
15. Return of the Czar2000-05-09
16. The Battle Over School Choice2000-05-23
