Next January, HBO Home Entertainment will release The Tuskegee Airmen on Blu-ray. Starring Lawrence Fishburne (Assault on Precinct 13), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), and Malcolm Jamal-Warner (NBC's Community), this powerful docudrama tells the true story of the first squadron of African-American pilots allowed to fight in World War II. As described in HBO's official release:
"It is 1943 and the Germans are winning the Second World War as the U.S. suffers huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when African-American flyers are not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, through the brutal demands of their training, to the perils of flying over nations at war, the men they call "The Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives - to prove to America that courage knows no color."
While HBO has not yet detailed the technical and supplementary specifications for the Blu-ray, the package will display the disc in a 32-page hard-bound book with historical photography documenting the real-life Tuskegee flyers.
The Tuskegee Airmen is expected to street on January 17th, 2012.