Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton was the black urban dream and a hero to youngsters Wilford Robinson and Earl Carter. Shortly before he would have become the first man from his community to go to college, he demonstrates his scholarship-winning running ability to his friends and admirers in the neighborhood. At the same time, the police are on a manhunt for an armed rapist. They mistake Cornbread for the rapist and shoot him dead in the street. In the aftermath of the community's shattered dream, and in the face of an intimidating police cover-up, Wilford is determined not to betray the memory of his hero.

Starring:

Antonio Fargas, Bernie Casey, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Bill Henderson, Charles Lampkin, David Moody, Don McGovern, Don Newsome, Erik Kilpatrick, Fred Slyter, Hal Baylor, Hank Rolike, J Jay Saunders, Laurence Fishburne, Logan Ramsey, Madge Sinclair, Moses Gunn, Pamela Jones, Randy Martin, Rosalind Cash, Sandy Ward, Sarina C Grant, Stack Pierce, Stefan Gier

Genre:

Drama