America's Dream
Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director..
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Discounted Dreams: High Hopes and Harsh Realities at America's Community Colleges
This PBS special looks at the role community colleges play in higher learning, exposing a flawed yet crucial link in America's education system. Filmed at four institutions in California, Colorado, New York and Illinois, the documentary discusses the government's essential but inadequate funding and the hope these low-tuition schools hold for the millions shut out by the rising costs of four-year universities..
I'm Charlie Walker
1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet..
