Color Adjustment (1992)

An analysis of the evolution of television's earlier unflattering portrayal of African-Americans from 1948 until 1988, when they are depicted as prosperous and having achieved the American Dream, a portrayal that is inconsistent with reality.

Black actors Esther Rolle, Diahann Carroll, Denise Nicholas, and Tim Reid and Hollywood producers Norman Lear, Steve Bochco, and David Wolper reveal the behind-the-scenes story of how prime time was "integrated. " Revisiting the programs "Beulah, " "The Nat King Cole Show, " "Julia, " "I Spy, " "Good Times, " and "Roots, " viewers see how bitter racial conflict was absorbed into non-controversial series.