America's Dream
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Paris Barclay
Carl Lumbly
Kevin Jamal Woods
Tina Lifford
Susanna Thompson
Bennet Guillory
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Adaptation of three short stories by black writers, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright and John Henrik Clarke. In "Long Black Song," set in 1938, a Southern cotton farmer discovers that his wife has had an affair with a white salesman. In "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black," set in 1948, an elementary school principal is forced to take stock of his own life when one of his students depicts Christ as a black man. In "Reunion," set in 1958, a white woman, set to marry a black man, tries to befriend the black woman she tormented years before.
Cast
Carl Lumbly
Kevin Jamal Woods
Tina Lifford
Susanna Thompson
Bennet Guillory
Timothy Carhart
Winter Elaine Jefferson
Norman D Golden
Rae'ven Kelly
Tate Donovan
Daniel Kamin
Danny Glover
Lorraine Toussaint
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Amanda Addison
Summer Ross Jefferson
Wesley Snipes
Jasmine Guy
Yolanda King
Crew
Maya Angelou
John Henrik Clarke
Angelo Corrao
Anthony Cowley
Monty De Graff
Danny Glover
Karl Herrmann
David Knoller
David Knoller
Carolyn Mcdonald
Mike Perkins
Patrice Rushen
Michael D Schultz
Ron Stacker Thompson
Ron Stacker Thompson
Ashley Tyler
Ashley Tyler
Richard Wright
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States February 17, 1996
Released in United States on Video July 23, 1996
Began shooting June 12, 1995.
Completed shooting early July 1995.
