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"America'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 invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman. In ' The Boy Who Painted Christ Black, ' a small town principal 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 must come to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood when she is confronted by the source of her pain. Three tales of laughter, three tales of tears, three different ways of searching for America's Dream."
"In "Long black song," a hard-working farmer invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home, she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman. A small-town principal risks his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ painted for a state-wide competition in "The boy who painted Christ black." A jazz-joint piano player in "The Reunion" comes to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood, when she is confronted by the source of her pain."
""America's Dream [has] three half-hour adaptations of short stories ... by well-known African American authors ... [The stories] focus on the struggle of black men and women to secure their dignity and preserve their culture in the face of changing attitutes and expanding opportunities grudgingly offered them by white Americans."--Excerpts from 1996 Peabody Awards entry form."@en
"In "Long black song," a hard-working farmer invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home, she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman. A small-town principal risks his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ painted for a state-wide competition in "The boy who painted Christ black." A jazz-joint piano player in "The Reunion" comes to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood, when she is confronted by the source of her pain."@en
"In "Long black song," a hard-working farmer invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home, she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman. A small- town principal risks his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ painted for a state-wide competition in "The boy who painted Christ black." A jazz- joint piano player in "The Reunion" comes to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood, when she is confronted by the source of her pain."@en