Prom Night in Mississippi

Prom Night in Mississippi
film poster
Directed byPaul Saltzman
Written byPaul Saltzman
Produced by
Cinematography
  • Paul Kolycius
  • Don Warren
Edited by
  • Stephen Philipson
  • David Ransley
  • Kevin Schjerning
Music by
Production
company
Return to Mississippi Productions
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • December 11, 2009 (2009-12-11)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$750,000
Morgan Freeman, a resident of Charleston, funded the first racially integrated prom in Charleston, which was the subject of Prom Night in Mississippi.

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.[1][2]

  1. ^ Sood, Suemedha (June 11, 2008). "Charleston's First Integrated Prom". The Nation. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  2. ^ Poulou, Penelope (March 9, 2009). "'Prom Night in Mississippi' Makes History". VOA News. Retrieved 2009-11-17.