This third series of documentary films on contemporary literature, produced in 1990 and 1991, is a first time ever journey into Afro-American culture, and deals with those writers who are considered the best among active black American authors.

1. August Wilson and Ishmael Reed
2. Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor
3. John E. Wideman and Clarence Major
4. Ishmael Reed and Al Young
5. Alice Walker Charles Johnson