Annika Barranti Klein writes: “If I say (or sing) “Butterfly in the sky” to you, will you answer with the next line of the Reading Rainbow theme song? If you are an American of a certain age, I bet you will. [LeVar Burton] made his film debut at 19 in Almos’ a Man, based on the story “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” from Eight Men by Richard Wright. The same year, he was cast in another adaptation, one that would change his life… and the world.”