Feature Film Red Tails Opened at Box Offices January 20

Red Tails is a high-flying action epic feature film inspired by the heroics of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-African American aerial combat unit to serve in the armed forces. Executive-produced by George Lucas and directed by Anthony Hemingway, the film boasts a powerful ensemble cast led by Oscar winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Oscar nominee Terrence Howard. It pulls us directly into the drama of World War II as the Allied forces wage war against fascism in Europe while African Americans fight racism and ignorance at home. Red Tails tells the story of the pilots and crew of the 332nd Fighter Group, who stood with courage, valor and honor in the crucible of war and history.

Former Tuskegee Airman Archon Roscoe Brown, Jr., of New York’s Zeta Boulé, a former professor at New York University and president of the Bronx Community College, taught the actors starring in Red Tails what it was like to fly combat missions in a P-51 Mustang. The Tuskegee Airmen celebrate the seventieth anniversary of their formation.