Product Details

• Actors: John Dye
• Directors: John Dye, John Behring, Timothy Bond, Chuck Bowman, Burt Brinckerhoff
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6305714940
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,332 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Consistently ranked the No. 1 CBS drama, Touched By An Angel has been hailed as the most powerful series on television. This special double-episode A Salute to Heroes video contains two inspiring stories that feature real-life heroes whose faith and courage made history. 92 minutes.

Black Like Monica - Monica (Roma Downey) reports a hate crime to a small town sheriff (John Ritter) and is shocked when the town's leaders choose to cover up the vicious murder. When she miraculously becomes African American, Monica experiences the pain of discrimination first-hand and seeks counsel from Rosa Parks. The civil rights hero helps her see that while laws have changed, there's no real change without a change of heart.

Godspeed - The news of her mother's death shatters the confidence of take-charge astronaut Josie Saunders (Sherry Stringfield of TV's ER) . Now it's up to Monica, Tess (Della Reese) and Andrew (John Dye) - along with Josie's hero, Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space - to help Josie regain her courage for a very important mission.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Salute to Heros, June 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Touched by An Angel: A Salute to Heroes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I think that the episode of Touched by an angel, Black Like Monica is a really good episode and is great that they put it on viedo. It helps us understand that even though there is no more slavery in the USA there are still people out there who are for some reason angry at colored people. I don't know why but they are. We can stand up against people like that and this show shows us how to do that without violence.I think there is a lot to be learned from it and that everyone should see it!