Fresh
The script's familiar, since air combat isn't a new genre by a long shot, but the additional mission of the men proving themselves gives telepic its extra dimension.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Tuskegee Airmen
The right spirit. The right attitude. The wrong color.
1995 · 1h 46m · PG-13
Drama, History, TV Movie, War
Directed by
Robert Markowitz
Overview
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
Director and cast
- Robert Markowitz Director
- Laurence Fishburne as Hannibal Lee
- Allen Payne as Walter Peoples
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Leroy Cappy
- Courtney B. Vance as Lt. Glenn (as Courtney Vance)
- Andre Braugher as Benjamin O. Davis
- Christopher McDonald as Major Joy (as Chris McDonald)
- Daniel Hugh Kelly Cast
- John Lithgow as Senator Conyers
- Cuba Gooding Jr. Cast
- Mekhi Phifer Cast
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