The film stars an ensemble cast including brittany snow, scott porter, jessica stroup, dana davis, collins pennie, kelly blatz, james ransone, brianne davis, johnathon schaech, and idris elba. In charleston mississippi, the local high school still has separate prom dances for their seniorsone for black students and one for white students. 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. But towns like charleston, mississippi, the subject of paul saltzmans 2008 documentary prom night in mississippi, were a bit slow on the uptake. Prom night in mississippi might not be as zippy as some other documentaries about high school life including american teen, but its both sobering and refreshing in its honesty, making it a mustsee for families with teens who are mature enough to handle the films complex themes. The saturday april 27, 20 edition of the new york times includes a news story about a small, rural townabbeville, georgiaand wilcox county high school where some students are challenging the tradition of the a segregated prom a student, mareshia rucker who is african american, watched from a. Haihai fisher has been named star student for the 20192020 school year by the mississippi economic council mec m.
Anonymous in 1997, academy award winning actor, morgan freeman, who lives in the charleston, mississippi community, offered to fund the firstever integrated senior prom in. If youre viewing the live event on a mobile device, you will have to download microsoft teams. Prom night in mississippi is a 2009 canadianamerican documentary film written and directed by paul saltzman. Consequently, like a skinny boy in an oversized tux, it has to pad. Homecoming party dresses, graduation party dresses, plussize formal dresses. Harsh lessons of division and racial intolerance infect the lives of charleston highs students. Perseverance worked closely with carl zittrer and paul zaza. A fact from prom night in mississippi appeared on wikipedia s main page in the did you know. But prom night in mississippi serves as a powerful reminder that, despite those. The film crew of pnim tries to film the white prom. Prom night in mississippi heathers blogs from charleston high school. Prom night in mississippi is at once heartbreaking and inspiring.
How 5 different countries celebrate prom teen vogue. Prom night in mississippi originally posted by jackboot these are camps, and the only way to address this problem is to bust these camps up, spread these people out, allow them to succeed, or to fail, either are better then this reality. Hbo will be airing the prom night in mississippi documentary on july 20th. A high school girl named donna keppel snow is traumatized after. Please login or register to borrow, download, or purchase resources. This teachers guide is designed to help make the film an even more powerful and transformative experience for students. Freeman offers to pay for a mississippi high schools firstever integrated senior prom. Canadian filmmaker paul saltzman follows students, teachers, and parents in the leadup to the big day. As prom night in mississippi shows, creating communities where respect and unity triumph over intolerance and division requires that we work together. In 2008, the actor and charleston native offers to pay for the prom if its.
Proms serve as a strong indicator of the racial tension in post racial america. Twentyseven years later, charleston resident and academy awardwinning actor morgan freeman offered to finance the prom under the condition it be integrated. Prom night in mississippi, which first premiered at the 2009 sundance film festival, started airing this week on hbo. Morgan freeman, a charleston resident, makes the school an offer. Shop short and long dresses for prom, 2020 designer prom gowns, cheap junior prom dresses, and prom shoes at promgirl. The filmmaker although a firsttime feature director, paul saltzman is a twotime emmy awardwinning film and television producerdirector with 300 productions to his credit. Rent prom night in mississippi 2009 on dvd and bluray. Prom night in mississippi on dvd prom night in mississippi. Prom night in mississippi, a forceful documentary to be shown monday on hbo, disabuses the blind, or the naysaying, of any such delusions.
Next, if on a desktop or laptop select watch on the web. The result is an 89minute film titled prom night in mississippi. Prom night in mississippi is a beautiful documentary showing off the worldculture and how they are still able to interact with one another without be scared of the opposite race. She witnessed him murdered her family to be with her. Acclaimed canadian filmmaker paul saltzman stopped by q to promote his new film prom night in mississippi about the first integrated prom in charleston, mississippi. Prom night in mississippi 2008 stream and watch online. Guests who attend another high school must have an administrative signature from their respective school before a ticket is. The film focuses on the racial segregation that occurs in the towns only high school, charleston high school, particularly how they still have racially segregated proms. Prom night in mississippi facing history and ourselves. The documentary prom night in mississippi documents the days leading up to the towns first integrated prom through conversations with students, faculty, and even freeman. I am totally for this idea because jeremy is the person i wanna spend the most time with during prom but it seems like some students and their parents and most of the teachers think this idea is wrong. Prom night in mississippi premieres monday, july 20 at 9pm. Perseverance records presents the long awaited official release of the 1980 cult classic prom night original motion picture soundtrack.
Click here to download the senior awards night video. In 1997, actor morgan freeman, a resident of the small town of charleston, mississippi, offered to pay for the senior prom at charleston high school under one condition. Before joining sunrise films limited, as vicepresident of operations, in 2000, patricia aquino, producer of prom night in mississippi and coowner, with paul saltzman, of return to mississippi prods. Promgirl 2020 long and short prom dresses, prom shoes. Morgan freeman talks about the need for students of different races to interact socially. Morris dees is the cofounder of the southern poverty law center, which is dedicated to fighting. Last year, charleston, mississippis high school seniors, 70 percent black and 30 percent white, were in full swing for the biggest event of their school lives. The same week an africanamerican family moves into the white house, a movie about a mississippi high schools first integrated dance debuts at the sundance film festival. Prom night prom night is a horror movie about a girl, donna keppel, who goes to prom and is being chased by her deranged high school teacher, mr. A high school in a smalltown in mississippi prepares for its first integrated. Prom night is a 2008 americancanadian slasher film directed by nelson mccormick that is a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same title. It wasnt until 1970 that the high school was integrated.
Prom night engages viewers through suspense, conflict, and unexpected endings. It will be repeated multiple times in july and august, so for a full schedule, please visit hbo and the films web site at. Prom night in mississippi documents the challenge to that tradition by students, with the help of morgan freeman. Prom night in mississippi is a documentary that shouldnt exist, since the issue it explores forthrightly and tenderlyintegrationbelongs in the distant past, not the uncertain present. Its a pregraduation formal affair that culminates with the selection of the most popular male and female seniors. Mainly the film is obliged to circle around the absent centre of the conflict, the dark heart of the very issue under scrutiny. What is your reaction to the meeting held by some of the white parents regarding the prom.
To purchase dvds of prom night in mississippi use this link. In 2008, actor morgan freeman offers to pay for a mississippi high schools firstever integrated senior prom. Jackson free press editor donna ladd talks about you. Prom night in mississippi and the social sciences 2 abstract based in the small town of charleston, mississippi, prom night in mississippi is a film created and directed by paul saltzman. In hbo documentary of a mississippi school, history is. Highschool seniors of charleston, morgan freeman, bongo, don warren, paul saltzman, stephen philipson, nancy. But, though prom is a longstanding tradition here in the states, its not exactly commonplace in the rest of the world. In 1965 he did civil rights work with student nonviolent coordinating committee in mississippi. Prom night in mississippiandy and principal bucky duration.
Several white families refused to participate you can find an article and youtube video here, but charleston mississippi population 2,000 now has an integrated prom. In the 1960s, paul saltzman went to mississippi and was thrown in jail for his. Prom night in mississippi plays like a sidebar to his upcoming opus an interesting sidebar, and with a famous name attached, but not quite worthy of. In 1970, the town of charleston, mississippi, allowed black students into their white high school, but refused to integrate the senior prom. Rent prom night in mississippi 2009 starring morgan freeman on dvd and bluray.
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