America's Dream

America's Dream is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Bill Duke, and Paris Barclay, and written by Ron Stacker Thompson and Ashley Tyler.

It is based on the short stories "Long Black Song" by Richard Wright, "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black" by John Henrik Clarke, and "The Reunion" by Maya Angelou.

The film stars Danny Glover, Wesley Snipes, Lorraine Toussaint, Tate Donovan, Norman D. Golden II, Susanna Thompson and Jasmine Guy.

[1][2][3] A talented young African American student presents his teacher with one of his paintings on her birthday.

The final ceremony is attended by the white superintendent of the area, who presides happily over proceedings.