The Tuskegee Airmen

(1995)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 138 votes

Genres: War, History, Drama, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1995

Runtime: 106 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Robert Markowitz

Cast: Лоренс Фишбёрн, Allen Payne, Мальколм-Джамал Уорнер, Кортни Б. Вэнс, Андре Брауер, Кристофер МакДональд, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Джон Литгоу, Кьюба Гудинг мл., Мекай Файфер

Plot

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.

Historical drama about the first African-American pilots in the US military during World War II. In 1942, a group of college graduates are selected for training as pilots in the Army Air Corps at the Tuskegee training base. In what is billed by everyone as an experiment, the men face not only the institutionalized prejudice of their white officers, but that generally found in the US South at the time. There are clearly those who would like to see this program fail, including the Major in charge of training and a southern US Senator. However, even when they distinguish themselves in North Africa, there is an attempt to disband them forever. In the end, they served their country with distinction and bravery, flying missions in Europe include providing bomber escort for the bombing of Berlin.