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The wave of desegregation that transformed the South during the 1960s began
in Little Rock in September 1957. After Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus defied
the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling and ordered the
National Guard to prevent nine black teenagers from entering Central High
School, President Dwight D. Eisenhower responded by sending troops from the
101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army to protect the students as they entered
the building.
But what is the legacy of the Civil Rights struggle for equal education
today? To mark the 50th anniversary of the forced integration of Central High
School, Little Rock natives Brent and Craig Renaud provide a candid look at the
lives of contemporary Central High students in the documentary LITTLE ROCK
CENTRAL: 50 YEARS LATER.
Brent and Craig Renaud followed the lives of contemporary Central High
students, teachers and administration, as well as community leaders, over the
course of a year for this intimate documentary, visiting classes, school meetings
and assemblies, teenagers' homes and community events. Sharing the stories
of both black and white students, the special reveals the opportunities and
challenges facing them in and out of the classroom.
LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL: LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL: 50 YEARS LATER directed, written and produced by Brent Renaud and Craig Renaud. For DCTV: Executive Producer Jon Alpert For HBO: program assistant, Atiyah Muhammad; Consulting Editor, Geof Bartz; senior producer, Lisa Heller; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.
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