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And the tuskegee air men, so much the story. is it harder tore play a role when the story is true? well, the word isn t harder. you have to be more focused. you have to find truth in the reality of the character you are playing who it in both instances they were on the set. karl was on the set and the surviving airmen who were in their 90s. they were there. it is like gooding sit up straight. it was a little bit of that stuff but you makes you stay focused on the truth because that is what we do as actors try to find the truth of the moment. mike: did you look at those guys with emotion. every day. mike: and what they did and what they put up with. growing up in the deep south i saw first hand what people put up with. i look back and i marvel that there was the courage and the determination and the per severance that people who went through a racism that i don t think most people can even
Upchucking. mike: most people don t want to admit that. you realize you have no future in politics if you are that honest. i got sick a couple of times. mike: you played a lot of roles in which you played real people. my favorite film that i think you have done up until now was men of honor the phenomenal story of karl brasheers. and the tuskegee air men, so much the story. is it harder tore play a role when the story is true? well, the word isn t harder. you have to be more focused. you have to find truth in the reality of the character you are playing who it in both instances they were on the set. karl was on the set and the surviving airmen who were in their 90s. they were there. it is like gooding sit up straight. it was a little bit of that stuff but you makes you stay focused on the truth because
One of the african-american pilots who served during world war ii at a time when the country s military was segregated. so it s only fitting that a movie celebrating the achievements of the tuskegee air men opens today. it s called red tails. and i had an opportunity to sit with some of the people involved in the movie. joining me now to talk about that is anthony hemingway, director of red tails, nate parker, the lead actor, and in the film, it s an honor for me to bring on our show, we are joined by dr. roscoe brown, one of the tuskegee air men who served as the squadron commander during world war ii, and a man i ve had the pleasure of knowing since i was 16. helped raise me in the civil rights movement. thank you gentlemen for joining me tonight. pleasure. mr. brown, you grew up in the
I went to a college where i was one of the first blacks. all of us in the tuskegee air men, young, handsome, smart men knew that we were going to break some barriers. so, therefore, i m glad that it happened. but i m really not surprised. so you prepared you all felt that the way to be able to break barriers, the way to be able to make a difference was to be excellent? that s right. and one of the things i like to say about this movie, excellence overcomes prejudice. excellence overcomes obstacles. i d like to say to the youth, it s cool to be smart. tuskegee air men were cool and we sure were smart. dr. brown, you are a walking history that should not be taken for granted. anthony hemingway, nate parker and dr. roscoe brown, tuskegee are a men. thank you for joining us. i hope everyone goes and sees this movie. the movie is not a documentary. it s really an action movie, but it tells a story. a story that gives many of us hope that things can change if