Prom night in Mississippi / HBO Documentary Films and RTM Productions ; directed & produced by Paul Saltzman ; produced by Patricia Aquino.

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 traditio...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	RTM Productions HBO Documentary Films New Video Group
Other Authors:	Saltzman, Paul Aquino, Patricia Freeman, Morgan
Language:	English
Published:	[United States] : Distributed by New Video Group, 2009.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Charleston High School (Charleston, Miss.) Racism > Mississippi > Charleston. Racism > United States. Prejudices > United States. Mississippi > Race relations. United States > Race relations. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
Genre:	Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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