Late one Christmas Eve, a man's mind is racing with childhood memories. Restless, he decides to check the Christmas Tree one more time before his wife and two children awaken in the morning. But as he quietly walks down the hall, he hears a faint sound . . . of singing. There are people in his living room . . . his mother and father, grandparents, aunts and uncles . . . the same as they were when he was a young boy. This is impossible, he tells himself, but they are so real and so happy to be with him. And then the room has two new visitors - his own children. Daddy, who are these people? the little boy and girl wonder.

A story of eternal bonds . . . with a wondrous twist.

Late one Christmas Eve, a man's mind is racing with childhood memories. Restless, he decides to check the Christmas Tree one more time before his wife and two children awaken in the morning. But as he quietly walks down the hall, he hears a faint sound . . . of singing. There are people in his living room . . . his mother and father, grandparents, aunts and uncles . . . the same as they were when he was a young boy. This is impossible, he tells himself, but they are so real and so happy to be with him. And then the room has two new visitors - his own children. Daddy, who are these people? the little boy and girl wonder.

A story of eternal bonds . . . with a wondrous twist.

The true story of Andrew Heidelberg, who against incredible barriers, became the first African-American to play previously white high school football in the South. The story, as told by Andrew to Robert D. Gaines, covers his childhood in the racist South, the NAACP recruitment of children to integrate the white public schools, integration by The Norfolk 17 in 1959, and Andrew's impact when he made and ultimately starred for the Norview High School football team.

It was the end of 1999 and the world was anxiously anticipating a new century while John Hammond was reluctantly celebrating a childhood goal - to live one hundred years.

Few people realized that John was the last living member of the legendary Hammond Family. His brother, David Hammond, was a dark and volatile writer whose savage and unrelenting novels nourished a cult following long after his death. His sister, Mary Hammond, was considered one of the foremost artists of her time, still regarded for her scolding twists on reality. George Hammond, their father, was the noted composer, a whirlwind of music, a man whose death had viciously thrust a hammer into John's soul. A gathering of magnificent eccentrics, they had stormed the gates of insanity, each motored by a brain that simply would not slow down.

John had the family gift, creating unique and powerful stories while pondering every word, every meaning. He also was cursed with the intense need for fame; he just never pushed, only waited to somehow be discovered. It never happened.

Lately, however, John Hammond has been oddly energized, fading into dreams that are particularly vivid, strangely real. Also, in these dreams, he is suddenly young again, strong again, and the past so very real again.

When Shelly Kingston is hired to put together a short birthday documentary about John's life, the young filmmaker is intrigued by the old man's stories and his unpublished, unfinished writings. John Hammond is intrigued by her.

Another distant dream . . .