| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby 5.1 or 2.0 Dolby Digital sound. |
| Credits |
Executive producer, Sheila Nevins ; cinematography, Bongo, Don Warren, Paul Saltzman ; editor, Stephen Philipson ; music, Jack Lenz, Asher Lenz. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 2008 film. |
| 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, Charleson High School had 415 students, 70% black and 30% white. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English dialogue. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Racism -- Mississippi -- Charleston.
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Racism -- United States.
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Prejudices -- United States.
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Mississippi -- Race relations.
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United States -- Race relations.
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Charleston High School (Charleston, Miss.)
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Saltzman, Paul.
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Aquino, Patricia.
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Freeman, Morgan.
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HBO Documentary Films.
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New Video Group.
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| ISBN |
1422949044 |
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9781422949047 |
| Standard No. |
767685168820 |
| Music No. |
NNVG168820 New Video Group |
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