Mark Twain

This television adaptation of Mark Twain's work combines elements of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The film takes many liberties with the original- most notably, the character Jim is entirely absent. Directed by Herbert B. Swope Jr.

"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...