LeVar Burton
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Filmography
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Butterfly in the Sky
(2024)Butterfly In The Sky tells the story of the beloved PBS children's series "Reading Rainbow," its iconic host LeVar Burton, and the challenges its creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television. Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or '90s exclaiming "Reading Rainbow!"

School of the Future
(2016)Once the envy of the world, American schools are now in trouble. Can the science of learning, including new insights from neuroscientists, psychologists, and educators, reveal how kids' brains work and show us how to engage growing minds?

Secrets of Sacred Architecture
(2022)An exploration of the secret meanings and histories embedded in the architecture of American churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples.

Battered
(1978)Three stories about domestic violence are woven together to create a diverse portrait of women coping with abuse at the hands of their husbands.

Rise of the Zombies
(2012)The survivors who have locked themselves inside Alcatraz during the San Francisco zombie apocalypse soon realize the undead have breached the island.

And the Children Shall Lead
(1985)A 12-year-old African-American girl and her white friends cross racial waters in an effort to ease deeply rooted tensions in 1960’s Mississippi.

Star Trek: First Contact
(1996)Led by their seductive and sadistic queen, the Borg are headed to Earth with a devious plan to alter history. Picard's last encounter with the Borg almost killed him. Now, he wants vengeance. But how far will he go to get it?

Star Trek: Generations
(1994)Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran’s scheme…and he’s been dead for seventy-eight years.

Star Trek: Nemesis
(2002)Set a course for a galaxy of unparalleled action and adventure as Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his Starship crew battle a chilling new adversary that just happens to hold a shocking link to Picard!

The Hunter
(1980)Steve McQueen's last movie shows the dynamic talent of the late, great actor in one of his most memorable roles: the true story of Ralph "Papa" Thorson, a modern day bounty hunter. Thorson's exploits are detailed as he pursues a number of fugitives who have skipped bail. The chase comes full circle when he becomes the quarry of a vengeful psychopath.

The Jesse Owens Story
(1984)The true story of the track and fielder who debunked Hitler’s claim of Aryan athletic supremacy to become one of history's greatest Olympic athletes.

Grambling's White Tiger
(1981)A white male starting quarterback at a historically-black college encounters considerable resentment and learns what it's like to be in the minority.