Prom night in Mississippi
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The work Prom night in Mississippi represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in McCracken County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
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Prom night in Mississippi
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The work Prom night in Mississippi represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in McCracken County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Prom night in Mississippi
- Statement of responsibility
- HBO Documentary Films ; RTM Productions presents ; produced in association with Canwest Broadcasting, the Movie Network, Movie Central ; directed & produced by Paul Saltzman ; produced by Patricia Aquino
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman, a resident of the small town of Charleston, Miss., offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School under one condition: the prom must be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008 he offered again, and the offer was accepted, changing the tradition of two separate proms for blacks and whites that had endured since the high school was integrated in 1970. Shows the problems and lessons learned as the event was planned and held. With comments from Morgan Freeman, students, and others. Intended to explore attitudes of racial intolerance that still persist today. In 2008, Charleston High School had 415 students, 70% black and 30% white
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Executive producer, Sheila Nevins ; cinematography, Bongo, Don Warren, Paul Saltzman ; editor, Stephen Philipson ; music, Jack Lenz, Asher Lenz
- LC call number
- E185.615
- LC item number
- .P76 2009
- PerformerNote
- Featuring Morgan Freeman
- Runtime
- 89
- Technique
- live action
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