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RedTails, a fictional film based on one of the greatest war stories in American History -- the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, will introduce a new generation of moviegoers to a group of soldiers who fought two wars simultaneously -- World War II on behalf of their country, and a war against racism in America.

Over the past week, the film has received a great deal of press after executive producer George Lucas, who spent over $90 million of his personal funds to produce and distribute the film, told Jon Stewart of The Daily Show that Hollywood did not want to fund the film because it features an all-Black cast.

I am embarrassed to report that I did not know about Red Tails until this past Monday when I attended a taping of The View, which featured Cuba Gooding, Jr., who plays a leading role in the film. During the show, I whispered to my on-and-off boyfriend of many moons (that's a separate article), "How cool is this? You know my Uncle Joe is one of the Tuskegee Airmen, right?" With a puzzled look on his face, he said, "Really? How could you not tell me your uncl

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0:00:43 Epigraph
1925 U.S. Army War College Study: “Blacks are mentally inferior, by nature subservient, and cowards in the face of danger. They are therefore unfit for combat.”
0:01:09 Opening Scene
Air combat between Germans and Americans. The American fighters leave the bomb squadron unprotected, and the American planes are decimated by the Germans. The bomb squadron officer decides to return to base.
0:04:19 Italy 1944
Easy, Lighting, Joker, and Junior are flying old planes. Joker’s indicator is not working. Junior checks Joker’s plane and there are no signs of oil or water leakage. So Easy lets him stay with the squadron. They spot a German truck. Junior destroys it
0:07:28 Red Tails Train Fight
When they’re about to return to the camp, they spot a military train which is camouflage. Lightning tells Captain to take the train head on before it gets to the tunnel. Easy ignores his suggestion and orders him to stay in formation. They are not successful in destroying the train so Lightning
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Red Tails

2012 war film directed by Anthony Hemingway

This article is about the 2012 film. For the African-American fighter pilots who were nicknamed "Red Tails", see Tuskegee Airmen. For other uses, see Red tail.

Red Tails is a 2012 American war film directed by Anthony Hemingway in his feature directorial debut, and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-AmericanUnited States Army Air Forces (USAAF) servicemen during World War II. The characters in the film are fictional, although based on real individuals.[6] The film was produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and released by 20th Century Fox, and would be the last film Lucasfilm released before being purchased by The Walt Disney Company nine months later. This was Cuba Gooding Jr.'s first theatrically released film in five years since his starring role in 2007's Daddy Day Camp.

John Ridley wrote the screenplay. Additional material was shot the following year with executive producer George Lucas as director[7] and Aaron McGruder as writer of t

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