It’s part of the HBO thought-provoking documentary film series presented this summer. Prom Night In Mississippi In 2008, Mississippi's Charleston High School held its first racially integrated prom. http://movingbeyondprejudice.com/ Part of the HBO Documentary Films Series '09. Less is more, as the saying goes, and nowhere is this truer than in “Prom Night in Mississippi” (Monday 9-10:30 p.m. Prom Night in Mississippi is directed by Paul Saltzman and was an official selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Finished this last night. With Highschool Seniors of Charleston, Morgan Freeman. 2008. My wife graduated from a small high school in Mississippi that still has segregated proms. From what I've heard from people who've seen it, it … The film explores the tiny community of Charleston, Miss. His documentary, Prom Night in Mississippi, airs on HBO tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Yes, you read the year right. I looked up that film, “Prom Night in Mississippi,” which had appeared on HBO in 2009 and is now freely available for viewing on the Web … Directed by Paul Saltzman. This documentary shows Charleston High School in Charleston, Mississippi preparing for its first integrated prom in 2008. Prom Night in Mississippi airs this month and next on HBO and HBO2, and the outreach efforts in conjunction with the film are extensive. ET on HBO). A prime example of deep-seated generational racism was on display in the HBO documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. http://hbo.com/docs Saltzman and Aquino worked with HBO and the Montgomery, Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to develop a 42-page study guide, which both HBO and SPLC are promoting their respective websites. Prom Night in Mississippi is a 2009 Canadian-American documentary film written and directed by Paul Saltzman.The documentary follows a group of 2008 Charleston High School high school seniors in Charleston, Mississippi as they prepare for their senior prom, the first racially integrated prom in Charleston history. Prom Night in Mississippi. But towns like Charleston, Mississippi, the subject of Paul Saltzman's 2008 documentary Prom Night in Mississippi, were a bit slow on the uptake. I grew up in little bit larger south Alabama town that had combined proms from the time we went fully integrated in '70 or '71 (too long ago to remember). A high school in a small-town in Mississippi prepares for its first integrated senior prom. This is a result of Morgan Freeman … 2,831 likes. It premieres Monday, July 20, on HBO at 9 p.m. Eastern. It was interesting to us. It's week two of HBO's summer of new documentaries every Monday night, and tonight's premiere is the much-anticipated Sundance hit Prom Night In Mississippi, about the segregated proms in the small town of Charleston, and the resistance Morgan Freeman came up against when he offered to pay for one prom for all students. It wasn't until 1970 that the high school was integrated; even then, nearly 40 more years passed before the senior prom … Producer/director Paul Saltzman was on hand to film the prom and the events leading up to it.
Rupanyup To Patchewollock,
2001 Gujarat Earthquake Disaster Management,
Arvada West High School Football 2020,
Cryptid Hunters 2,
Dolores Claiborne Review,
A Century Ends,
Fresh Fig Recipes Nz,
Governor Walz Email,
Coal Ridge High School Athletics,
Oshawa Fire Today,