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Prom night in Mississippi
Title:
Prom night in Mississippi
Author:
Saltzman, Paul.
Publication Information:
[United States] : distributed by New Video Group, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
General Note:
Title from container.

Special features: deleted scenes (18 min.) ; interview with the filmmakers (22 min.) ; theatrical trailer (2 min.) ; filmmaker bio ; about Docudrama ; Docudrama trailers.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781422949047
UPC:
767685168820
Format :
DVD