Nine from Little Rock
| Nine from Little Rock | |
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| Directed by | Charles Guggenheim |
| Written by | Shelby Storck |
| Produced by | Shelby Storck |
| Starring | Little Rock Nine |
| Narrated by | Jefferson Thomas |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nine from Little Rock is a 1964 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim about the Little Rock Nine, the first nine African-American students to attend an all-white Arkansas high school in 1957.
Production
[edit]The film was commissioned by George Stevens Jr. of the United States Information Agency.[1][2] The film is narrated by Jefferson Thomas, one of the Little Rock Nine, who died in 2010.[3]
Accolades
[edit]The film won Guggenheim his first Oscar at the 37th Academy Awards, held in 1965, for Documentary Short Subject. He was also nominated in the same category the same year for Children Without.[4][5]
Cast
[edit]- Jefferson Thomas as himself – Narrator (also archive footage)
- Ernest Green as himself (also archive footage)
- Thelma Mothershed as herself (also archive footage)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Encyclopedia of Arkansas
- ^ “It's Only Convincing If They Say It Is”: Documenting Civil Rights Progress in the USIA's Nine from Little Rock on JSTOR
- ^ "The Charles Guggenheim Collection". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1965 Oscars
External links
[edit]- Nine from Little Rock at IMDb
- Nine from Little Rock on YouTube, posted by the National Archives and Records Administration
Categories:
- 1964 films
- 1964 short documentary films
- 1960s English-language films
- American short documentary films
- American black-and-white films
- Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
- Documentary films about the civil rights movement
- Documentary films about Arkansas
- Little Rock Nine
- Films directed by Charles Guggenheim
- United States Information Agency films
- 1960s American films
- English-language short documentary films