Charles Fuller

In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still hate you." As the play examines the murder, the truth of it becomes more shocking and hateful than the murder itself.

Three war veterans tell about their experiences with racism in World War Two.

Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of love and family. Set in the same predominantly black neighbourhood in North Philadelphia, these threecompelling tales tell the stories of an up-and-coming heavyweight boxer, a vegetable vendor, and a man who must protect a family member from the abuse of another.

Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of love and family. Set in the same predominantly black neighbourhood in North Philadelphia, these threecompelling tales tell the stories of an up-and-coming heavyweight boxer, a vegetable vendor, and a man who must protect a family member from the abuse of another.

The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an electric guitar. Each item connects the living with the dead and are left as either memorials or to heal the wounds of war.

Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though dozens of neighbors saw the unintentional shooting, no one is willing to come forward with information. Life goes on, a killer goes free, and one grieving, broken father (Louis Gossett Jr.) is forced to take his cry for justice to the media, hoping to spark a confrontation with his daughter's murderer. Charles Dutton and CCH Pounder costar in this powerful original drama.

A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.

2차 대전이 막바지에 다다른 1944년의 미국 남부루이지애 나주의 한 병영. 미국, 특히 남부에서는 흑인들이 여전히 천시되던 시절인데, 주로 흑인들로 이루어진 이 부대의 야구팀소대 선임하사 워터스 상사(Master Sergeant Vernon Waters: 아돌프 캐사르 분)가 어느날 술에 취해 부대 부근을 배회하다가 총에 맞아 살해되는 사건이 발생한다. 사건조사를 위해 워싱턴에서 특파된 헌병 장교 다벤포트 대위(Captain Davenport: 하워드 E. 롤링스 주니어 분)는 그 당시로서는 보기 힘든 흑인장교로 뭇사람들의 시선을 한몸에 받는다. 연대장 니븐스 대령(Colonel Nivens: 트레이 윌슨 분)의 비협조적인 자세에도 불구하고 끈질긴 조사를 펼치는 과정에서, 다벤포트는 피살자 워터스의 직속 중대장이었던 백인 장교 테일러 대위(Captain Taylor: 데니스 립스콥 분)의 협조를 얻게 되는데, 테일러의 말을 통해 이 사건이 당시 한창 날뛰던 KKK단의 소행이 아니라 부대 군인의 짓이라는 심증을 얻게 된 그는, 니븐스 연대장을 설득하여 사건 당일밤 길에서 워터스를 구타했던 백인장교 두 명을 심문해도 좋다는 허락을 받는다. 그러나 심문 끝에 이 두 백인장교가 살해범이 아니라는 확신을 갖게 된 다벤포트는 조사의 방향을 바꿔 워터스의 소대원이었던 흑인병사들에게로 눈을 돌린다. 근무 중 술을 마셨다가 워터스에 의해 이등병으로 강등된 윌키(Private Wilkie: 아트 에반스 분), 남부출신 흑인들을 공연히 경멸하는 워터스와 주먹싸움까지 벌였던 피터슨(Private First Class Melvin Peterson: 덴젤 워싱톤 분), 그리고 친한 친구 C.J(C.J. Memphis: 래리 릴리 분)가 워터스의 모함에 빠져 영창에서 자살하자 워터스를 증오하게 된 헨슨(Private Henson: 윌리암 알렌 영 분) 등 여러 병사들이 나름대로의 살해동기를 가지고 있음을 알게 되는데....

Drama - From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940's. James, the boy in question, has a raging toothache that necessitates a trip to the dentist. His mother (played by Emmy-winner Olivia Cole), accompanies James to town on an eye-opening odyssey where the boy gains valuable insights into poverty, racism - and his own sense of pride. With an exciting musical score by Webster Lewis, this multi-award winning film explores a child's discovery that the world is a complicated place... where things are never truly black or white... only shades of gray. - Olivia Cole, James Bond III, Margaret Avery

A Biograph short drama directed by George Reehm.