Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Avery Brooks
• Kate Burton
• Bruce Dern
• Paula Kelly
• Phylicia Rashad
• Kathryn Walker
• Edward Woodward
• George Coe
• Frank Converse
• Albert Hall
• Jenny Lewis
• Troy Byer
• Shirley Jo Finney
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Endyia Kinney
• Carla Sutton

Storyline
This adaptation of the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel follows the adventures of a group of slaves in the 19th-century American South. When Eliza (Phylicia Rashad) hears that she and her son will be separated despite a promise to the contrary, she flees the plantation on which she's a slave, leaving behind her friend Tom (Avery Brooks). The story splits, following Tom as he clings to faith in the face of immense cruelty, while Eliza and her son try to survive and remain together despite the odds.

Double Platinum (1999, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Diana Ross
• Brandy Norwood
• Christine Ebersole
• Allen Payne
• Brian Stokes Mitchell
• Roger Rees
• Samantha Brown
• Ed Lover
• Peter Francis James
• Harvey Fierstein

Storyline
After nearly two decades away from home and riding the waves of fame, Olivia (Diana Ross) returns to find her daughter Kayla (Brandy) and to reveal herself as the mother Kayla new knew. With well-places contracts and a desire to right a wrong past, Olivia helps Kayla realize her own dream of singing stardom. But their fragile mother-daughter bond is tested when Kayla's dreams of stardom become a reality. Together, they will discover that love is more powerful than ambition and family more important than fame.