Countries: USA Genre: Drama, War History Year: 26 Aug, 1995 Length: 01:46:10 Director: Robert Markowitz Actors: Laurence Fishburne (Capt. Hannibal "Iowa" Lee, Jr.), Allen Payne (Cdt. Walter Peoples), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Lt. Leroy Cappy), Courtney B. Vance (2ndLt. Glenn), Andre Braugher (Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.), Christopher McDonald (Maj. Sherman Joy), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Col. Rogers), John Lithgow (Sen. Conyers), Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Lt. Billy "A-Train" Roberts), Mekhi Phifer (Cdt. Lewis Johns) 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.