A City Decides
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Tells about the integration of the public schools of St. Louis. The story revolves around a teacher who was directly faced with a racial incident in his class at Beaumont High School shortly after integration took place
Credits
- Directed by
- Charles Guggenheim
Copyright
resources: Copyright not registered; Howard thompson, “the 16mm Honor roll,” NYT, dec. 29, 1957, 57; William J.
Complete catalog record
A CITY DECIDES (1956, sound, 27min, b&w, 16mm)
Sponsor: Fund for the republic. production Co.: Charles Guggenheim & Associates. director/producer: Charles Guggenheim. resources: Copyright not registered; Howard thompson, “the 16mm Honor roll,” NYT, dec. 29, 1957, 57; William J. Sloan, “the documentary Film and the negro: the Evolution of the integration Film,” Journal of the Society of Cinematologists 4 (1964–65): 66–69. Holdings: Macdonald.
Documentary, with some dramatized sequences, covering the racial integration of St. Louis public schools after the 1954 Brown decision. William J. Sloan wrote, “The film was note- worthy in that it revealed, at least briefly, the fears of Negro parents in having their children attend school with white children.” note: The film employed nonprofessional actors and voice-over narration by a local schoolteacher. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1956.
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, catalog record, copyright, video
- Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q4655934 ↗ — country, genre, credits
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