The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

Directed by

Robert Markowitz

Genre

war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 134 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of African American men who train to become fighter pilots during World War II. They face racism and doubt from their fellow soldiers but prove their skill and courage in combat.

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What happens

The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO television movie based on the exploits of an actual groundbreaking unit, the first African-American combat pilots in the United States Army Air Forces who fought in World War II. The film was directed by Robert Markowitz and stars Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Lithgow, Courtney B. Vance, Andre Braugher, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Allen Payne, and Mekhi Phifer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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