Frontline - Season 18 - Eps 14: Jefferson's Blood
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."
About Frontline
Title: Frontline
First Air Date: 1983-01-17
Last Air Date: 2025-06-10
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 45 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 45
Total Episodes: 836
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary, News
Production Companies: GBH, FRONTLINE
Synopsis
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.
Cast
Will Lyman
Self - Narrator (voice)
