Miracle's Boys

Miracle's Boys
250px The main characters of Miracle's Boys (from left to right), Lafayette, Ty'Ree and Charlie Bailey.
Genre	Drama
Written by	Kevin Arkadie Stephen Langford Dawn Urbont
Directed by	Neema Barnette LeVar Burton Ernest R. Dickerson Bill Duke Spike Lee
Starring	Pooch Hall Sean Nelson Julito McCullum
Composer(s)	Bud'da
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Nicole Silver Orly Wiseman
Producer(s)	Leslie D. Farrell
Cinematography	Cliff Charles
Editor(s)	K.A. Chisholm Geeta Gandbhir Kathryn Moore Juantxo Royo
Release
Original network	The N
Original release	February 18 – 20, 2005
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Miracle's Boys is a six-part miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Jacqueline Woodson, shown on The N in February 2005. The series was directed by Neema Barnette, LeVar Burton, Ernest R. Dickerson, Bill Duke, and Spike Lee and was filmed on-site in Harlem, New York. It also includes a theme song by rapper Nas.

Synopsis

The series follows the lives of two teenage boys, The Baileys, and their older brother who has to take responsibility for the boys after their parents die. The eldest Bailey brother, Ty'Ree (Pooch Hall), who is twenty one years old, is a mail room manager at a publishing company who got into M.I.T but declined the acceptance to raise his younger brothers. Charlie, (Sean Nelson) the middle boy, age sixteen, has just gotten out of a juvenile detention facility and is mad at the universe. Once an avid pet lover and baseball fanatic, life at the Rahway Boys Home has changed him. Lafayette (Julito McCullum), the youngest Bailey brother at age fourteen, loves and breathes baseball, but his game has been out-of-sync since his mother's death. He goes on to play in a championship game in which he faces an all-star team from Greenwich Village. The series follows the boys through the hardships of growing up on their own.

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• Pooch Hall as Ty'Ree
• Julito McCullum as Lafeyette

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1-1	"New Charlie"	February 18, 2005
1-2	"In the Game of Life"	February 18, 2005
1-3	"Who's to Blame?"	February 19, 2005
1-4	"Miracle's Song"	February 19, 2005
1-5	"Free Day"	February 20, 2005
1-6	"Bond of Brothers"	February 20, 2005

DVD release

The series was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States on November 8, 2005.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Recipient
2006	Black Reel Awards	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress - Television	Jordan Puryear
			Best Supporting Actor - Television	Sean Nelson
			Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted - Television	Kevin Arkadie, Stephen Langford, and Dawn Urbont
			Best Film - Television	-
			Best Director - Television	Neema Barnette, LeVar Burton, Ernest R. Dickerson, Bill Duke, and Spike Lee
	Writers Guild of America Award	Won	Children's Script - Episodic & Specials	Kevin Arkadie (For episode "New Charlie")

Syndication

TeenNick (formally The N, on which the miniseries originally aired) announced in January 2012 that it would air Miracle's Boys starting February 6, 2012.

External links

• Miracle's Boys at IMDb
• Miracle's Boys at TV.com