Proud [videorecording] / Castle Hill Productions and T.H. Entertainment present a film by Mary Pat Kelly ; produced by Ally Hilfiger ; written and directed by Mary Pat Kelly.
Ossie Davis, Denise Nicholas, Albert Jones, Erik Laray Harvey, Darnell Williams, Jeffrey Nash, Sharif Rasheed, Stephen Rea. Based on the book "Proudly we served: the men of the USS Mason," by Mary Pat Kelly. DVD release of the 2004 motion picture.
Summary:
The USS Mason entered WWII on a presumably doomed mission. The all African-American crew overcame the harsh realities of war abroad and segregation at home, and was finally honored for its heroism in 1994.
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