Banker Andy Dufresne is unjustly sentenced to life in the brutal Shawshank State Prison. Through patience and strength of will, he is able to play upon the corruption of the warden to bankroll a new life in Mexico following his escape.
Handsome troublemaker Landon Carter learns what it means to be a man when he attends the homecoming dance with Jamie Sullivan, a minister's daughter who refuses to play by the "in" crowd's rules, falls in love with her, and learns she carries a tragic secret.
Features real-life stories of young people dealing with various financial and lifestyle scenarios, discussing banking and credit to investments, budgeting, insurance, and self-employment, and including personal financial advices from national financial advisors.
Battle-hardened World War II sergeant Joe Enders tries to maintain a professional distance when he is assigned to, protect Ben Yahzee, a young recruit fluent in the so-far unbreakable battlefield code based on the Navajo language--mindful of the unspoken order to kill Ben rather than let him be captured by the Japanese.
Presents three short dramas about love, betrayal, risk, courage, and prejudice in the lives of African-Americans, based on short stories by Richard Wright, John Henrik Clarke, and Maya Angelou.
Charlie is a small-time crook working his way up the ranks of the local mob. His friend Johnny Boy is a small-time gambler in debt to the loan sharks, and his family disapproves of his girlfriend due to her epilepsy.
