Prom night in Mississippi

Resource Information

The work Prom night in Mississippi represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Milton Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Prom night in Mississippi

Contributor

• Shivers, Jessica
• hoopla digital
• Buckley, Chasidy
• Freeman, Morgan
• Saltzman, Paul

Film director

• Saltzman, Paul

Subject

• School integration -- Mississippi | Charleston
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Proms -- Mississippi | Charleston
• Charleston (Miss.) -- Race relations
• High schools -- Mississippi | Charleston

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

eng

Summary

In 1997, Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for an integrated prom in his hometown of Charleston, Mississippi where proms were still separated by race. The school board refused. Eleven years later in 2008, Freeman offered again, and his offer was accepted. This documentary follows multiple individuals throughout the process of throwing an integrated prom, including Jessica, whose parents are against the integration; Chasidy, whose mother supports the integration; and Billy Joe, who fears that his parents will disown him if they were to ever become aware of his true thoughts and feelings. As all of the eager students get ready for the prom, this documentary follows them throughout the process as well as through prom night

Cataloging source

Midwest

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directed by Paul Saltzman

Intended audience

NRT

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PerformerNote

Morgan Freeman, Chasidy Buckley, Jessica Shivers

Runtime

90

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action