AMERICA'S DREAM

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• Release Year: 1996
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: American's Dream captures the joy, the pain, the struggle to survive in a land where dreams can be lost...and found. In 'Long Black Song,' a hard-working farmer (Danny Glover) invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home she falls fo rthe advances of a traveling salesman. In 'The Boy Who Pained Christ Black,' a small town principal (Wesley Snipes) must risk his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ painted for a state-wide competition. And in 'The Reunion,' a jazz-joint piano player (Lorraine Toussaint) must come to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood when she si confronted by the source of her pain. Three tales of alughter, three tales of tears, three diffrent ways of searching for America's Dream.
• Cast: Danny Glover, Wesley Snipes, Lorraine Toussaint, Tate Donovan, Norman D. Golden II, Susanna Thompson, Jasmine Guy, Tina Lifford, Carl Lumbly, Bennet Guillory, Danny Kamin, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Timothy Carhart, Summer Ross Jefferson, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Winter Elaine Jefferson, Amanda Addison, Kevin Jamal Woods, Ruth Beckford, Yolanda King, Douglas Cunningham, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Paris Barclay, Bill Duke
• Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
• Runtime: 1:26
• Company: HBO Home Video, HBO Films
• Media Format: movie