Bibliograph

America's dream, Home Box Office in association with Carrie Productions

Type

Label

America's dream, Home Box Office in association with Carrie Productions

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rated PG-13

Main title

America's dream

Oclc number

57668587

Responsibility statement

Home Box Office in association with Carrie Productions

Runtime

Series statement

HBO original movies

Summary

In "Long black song, " a hard-working farmer invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home, she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman. A small-town principal risks his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ painted for a state-wide competition in "The boy who painted Christ black." A jazz-joint piano player in "The Reunion" comes to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood, when she is confronted by the source of her pain

Table Of Contents

Long black song / based on the short story by Richard Wright ; director, Kevin Rodney Sullivan -- The boy who painted Christ black / based on the short story by John Henrik Clarke ; director, Bill Duke -- The reunion / based on the short story by Maya Angelou ; director, Paris Barclay

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Classification