My parents were all about educating my brother and I. This movie(as a six year old)had a great impact on me.I instantly fell in love with history and learning even more! I loved the story line,and that I could identify with the children in the movie. In this time..even in 1984 there weren't too many black faces on TV or movies; especially in my age group. I was fortunate to see this repeated for about 2 more years,then...no more. My brother and I based a lot of our"bedtime" horror stories on this movie..and we still talk about it as one of our favorites @26 & 29 years old! I will definitely search to buy this movie or book somehow..so I can pass this on to my child. This movie wasn't poorly made,it was for TV and in 84' Come On! We know what TV was like then? Especially about the Underground Railroad ...