From Dreams To Reality: A Tribute to Minority Inventors (1986)

From Dreams To Reality: A Tribute to Minority Inventors is a 1986 documentary featuring African-American actor, writer and director Ossie Davis. It features several notable African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos who have made significant contributions to science, technology, and medicine.  The inventors profiled include:

1. Louis Latimer, an afro-American and a colleague of Thomas Wison, who created innovative advances in the field of electricity;
2. Randall Woods, an exceptional black inventor from Indiana, who during the early part of this century tiled over sixty patents relating to the railroad industry. He is credited for inventing the three rail system currently used in subway cars;
3. Dr. George Washington Carver, the famous black scientist from Tuskegee, Alabama, who is noted for his experiments in plant chemistry and agriculture;
4. Garrett Morgan, a black inventor from Cleveland, Chio, who designed and patented the traffic signal;
5. Dr. Charles Drew, a black doctor from Washington, D.C. who invented methods for preserving blood plasma;
6. Dr. An Wang, and Asian American and the inventor of the basic digital computer machine;
7. Philip Stevens, an American Indian and inventor of defense system missiles;
8. Ysidore Martinez, an Hispanic American and inventor of knee implants for victims of arthritis:
9. Dr. Meredith Gourdine, a black inventor especially noted for his fog dispersal system used on airport runways;
10. Mrs. Mildred Smith inventor of a unique geneology game "Family traditions".