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Some high-profile black film directors, led by Spike Lee, have come together to create Miracle's Boys, a television series for teens about growing up in New York City's Harlem district. NPR's Ed Gordon speaks with two of the directors, Ernest Dickerson and Bill Duke.

Tonight, PBS premieres what a groundbreaking four-part series, Slavery and the Making of America. It follows the course of slavery from its beginnings through the Civil War and Reconstruction. NPR's Allison Keyes examines why the experts who made the series think it will surprise viewers.

For a change, a sequel that's actually better than the original — NPR's Neda Ulaby reviews the DVD release of Spider-Man 2, one of the biggest movies of 2004. Ulaby lauds the glorious digital transfer to DVD, plus the bonus disk with cool behind-the-scenes goodies.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein talks about the Nickelodeon network's new series Zoey 101, starring Jamie Lynn Spears, a younger sister of pop star Britney Spears. Wallenstein says it's sad that so many kids on television seem to need a famous last name to get a break.

In plays such as Death of a Salesman, All My Sons and The Crucible, Miller offered great entertainment mixed with pungent social criticism. He earned fame far beyond that accorded to most American playwrights. And he kept writing for more than six decades.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews See Arnold Run, a new A&E biopic about bodybuilder, actor and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

David Sedaris is the author of the best-selling collections Barrel Fever, Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day. His essays appear regularly in print in The New Yorker, Esquire and GQ and can be heard on the radio on This American Life. We rebroadcast a June 15,2004, interview with Sedaris.

Chris Nickson reviews the debut album by Guinean musician Ba Cissoko and the band that bears his name. It's called Sabolan. The band includes two koras -- harp-like instruments with 21 strings.

What do you get when you combine traditional Jewish music with infectious Afro-Cuban rhythms? The new album by Roberto Juan Rodriguez, Baila! Gitano Baila!, attempts that daring fusion. Tom Moon has a review.

Writer Mark Jordan Legan takes a look at the buzz among movie critics about this weekend's releases. This week's edition of "Summary Judgment" examines the films Racing Stripes, Elektra and Coach Carter.