A top-secret allied invasion will fail unless a strategic dam can be saved from German forces! An untested black army unit, which has worked itself deep behind Nazi lines, is the only hope for saving the dam. Racial tension explodes when a prejudiced white commando officer is sent to forge the soldiers into a lethal combat outfit. Facing certain suicide, the soldiers and their commanding officer must earn each other's respect!

The Jackie Robinson story details the heroic struggles and triumphs of the first black player in the Major Leagues.

This fictionalized account of Haley's family follows the life of the daughter of a black slave and a white plantation owner in the late nineteenth century South.

After witnessing her mother's untimely death as a child and her brother's violent murder as a young teen, Vicaria is on a desperate quest to cure death.

Features six classic stories including: The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Peter's Chair, Pet Show!, A Letter to Amy, Apt. 3, and The Trip. Snowy day: One winter morning Peter wakes up to see that snow has fallen, covering everything in the city! What exciting adventures will he have on this snowy day? Whistle for Willie: Wouldn't it be great if Peter could whistle for his dog, Willie? He tries hard, but he can't make a sound. Peter's chair: A little...

When 11-year-old Jason Ross is cut from his little league team his undefeatable spirit leads him to try and create an expansion team. In searching for a new coach, Jason comes to believe that Mack Henry is really Buck McHenry, the legendary pitcher from the old Negro Baseball Leagues. While Mack begins to coach this rag-tag team, Jason and his friends set out to prove his true identity.

Based on Parks' semi-autobiographical novel, the film follows the journey of Newt Winger, a teenage descendant of Exodusters growing up in rural Kansas in the 1920s, as he experiences the bittersweet flowering of first love, finds his relationship with a close friend tested, and navigates the injustices embedded within a racist legal and educational system. Exquisitely capturing the bucolic splendor of its heartland setting, this landmark film tempers...

"Elements of Shakespeare's stories are woven into this beautiful and enchanting tale that details the beginning, end and rebirth of a love affair between William and Venus, a member of the mystical Native American Lightning Clan. Though society, cultural circumstances, and family pressures conspire to keep them apart, a young William and Venus devise ways to meet and strengthen the bond between them. They find that his father's misgivings, and with...

Martin Lawrence plays Martin Payne, a brash radio personality who always speaks his mind, often to the frustration of Gina, his feisty but eternally forgiving girlfriend. His buddies Tommy and Cole are always on hand to lend support, especially when Martin locks horns with Gina's loud-mouthed co-worker, Pam. Then, of course, there's Martin's overprotective mother, Mama Payne, his sassy-tongued next door neighbor Sheneneh Jenkins, and the overbearing...

Host LeVar Burton talks about how determination, faith and a little help from others can make any dream attainable. Visit the musical group, The Persuasions, who started out singing on street corners, and listen to the book, Uncle Jed's barbershop, by Margaree King Mitchell, about a black barber who pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop. A peddler's dream, by Janice Shefelman, Alvin Ailey, by Andrea Davis Pinkney, and...