Summer's End is a 1999 drama television film directed by Helen Shaver (in her directorial debut) from a screenplay by Grant Scharbo and Jim Thompson, based on a story by Scharbo. The film tells the story of two teenage brothers who have lost their father, one of which befriends an African-American physician facing racial prejudice in a small town in Georgia. The film premiered on Showtime on January 30, 1999. It received nominations for four Daytime Emmy Awards, and won for best children's special and also best actor (James Earl Jones).