Is Mercy Street right for your family?
Series 2016 54 min/ep.
Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Based on true stories and set in a Union hospital in the occupied Confederate city of Alexandria, viewers are taken beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.
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The title addresses the Civil War, suggesting violence, political/social, emotional, and family themes, with educational potential.
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