River Niger: The saga of an African American family's struggles to overcome poverty and racism. Blood tide: A man and his wife go to a primitive Greek island to find the wife's missing sister and discover that human sacrifices are being offered to a mysterious sea monster.
Creation/Production Credits Note: River Niger: producer, Sidney Beckerman ; director, Krishna Shah. Blood tide: director, Richard Jeffries.
Participant or Performer Note: River Niger: James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett, Jr., Cicely Tyson. Blood tide: James Earl Jones, Jose Ferrer, Martin Kove.