Monday, January 19th TV listings for Laff (WGBO-DT2) Joliet, IL
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Akeelah, an 11-year-old girl living in South Los Angeles, discovers she has a talent for spelling, which she hopes will take her to the National Spelling Bee.
Sudie and Simpson (1990)
A lonely man (Louis Gossett Jr.) and a poor girl (Sara Gilbert) form a biracial friendship amid racism in 1943 rural Georgia.
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story (1999)
An activist (Lynn Whitfield) tries to free a convicted black man (Richard Yearwood) claiming innocence in the kidnapping/rape of a white woman in Virginia.
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
The life of the fiery minister and civil-rights advocate in 1950s Alabama whose radical views led to his dismissal.
Hurricane Season (2009)
One year after Hurricane Katrina, coach Al Collins (Forest Whitaker) gathers displaced students and turns them into a championship basketball team.
The Great Debaters (2007)
In 1930s Texas, Mel Tolson (Denzel Washington) inspires students at a predominately black college to form a debate team and strive for the national championship.
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
The life of the fiery minister and civil-rights advocate in 1950s Alabama whose radical views led to his dismissal.
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Akeelah, an 11-year-old girl living in South Los Angeles, discovers she has a talent for spelling, which she hopes will take her to the National Spelling Bee.
Sudie and Simpson (1990)
A lonely man (Louis Gossett Jr.) and a poor girl (Sara Gilbert) form a biracial friendship amid racism in 1943 rural Georgia.
The Great Debaters (2007)
In 1930s Texas, Mel Tolson (Denzel Washington) inspires students at a predominately black college to form a debate team and strive for the national championship.
Meatballs (1979)
A zany summer camp counselor leads his misfit charges into a no-holds-barred competition against high-class campers.
Meatballs (1979)
A zany summer camp counselor leads his misfit charges into a no-holds-barred competition against high-class campers.