The First Spring

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.