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"For Love of Liberty" is a riveting documentary that reveals the untold story of black soldiers dating as far back as the Revolutionary War to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Crispus Attucks was the first of five people killed in the Boston Massacre in 1770.

Filmmaker Frank Martin says most Americans probably don't know that he is considered the first martyr of the American Revolution.

"I think it's appropriate that the film is coming out in Black History Month, but it's so much more than black history, it's American history," said Martin. "And I like to tell people that this is a film that's relevant to all Americans because it speaks directly to the price of liberty."

Martin enlisted the help of numerous celebrities like Halle Berry, Louis Gossett Jr. and Morgan Freeman as well as decorated soldiers and statesmen like Colin Powell to take part.

Martin says the truth is in the numbers. More than 5,000 black soldiers fought in the Revolutionary War, some 200,000 took up arms in the Civil War. About 380,000 served in World War I and some two million black soldiers served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam combined.

"We see movies like 'Band of Brothers' and there's no black people in those movies and I think well, why, what's up with that? These guys are absent in movies and that's just not right," said Martin.

For "Love of Liberty" is airing across the Public Broadcasting System this month. It's also available on DVD.

For more information, visit http://www.forloveofliberty.org.