Ruby Bridges (film)

Ruby Bridges is a 1998 television film, written by Toni Ann Johnson, directed by Euzhan Palcy and based on the true story of Ruby Bridges, one of the first black students to attend integrated schools in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1960. As a six-year-old, Bridges was one of four black first-graders, selected on the basis of test scores, to attend previously all-white public schools in New Orleans. Three students were sent to McDonogh 19, and Ruby was the only black child to be sent to William Frantz Public School.

The film received positive reviews, and has an approval rating of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was nominated for several awards, including an NAACP Image award. The writer, Toni Ann Johnson, won the 1998 Humanitas Prize for her teleplay. The film also won The Christopher Award. It is currently available for streaming on Disney+.

Cast[]

• Ruby Bridges tells the story of how a six-year old Black girl integrated a New Orleans segregated school in 1960. Of course, Ruby didn’t achieve this feat alone– there was the NAACP that chose her; four US Marshalls that kept back the angry mob of haters bent on lynching her; a kind-hearted White teacher who pushed back against her racist superiors; a famous psychiatrist to help her with the stress; and, most of all, her courageous mother who shared the deep faith that gave the girl the strength to persist.
• Chaz Monet as Ruby Bridges
• Michael Beach as Abon Bridges
• Lela Rochon as Lucielle 'Lucy' Bridges
• Penelope Ann Miller as Barbara Henry
• Kevin Pollak as Dr. Robert Coles
• Jean Louisa Kelly as Jane Coles
• Peter Francis James as Dr. Broyard
• Toni Ann Johnson as Alma Broyard
• Patrika Darbo as Miss Spencer
• Diana Scarwid as Miss Woodmere

See also[]

• Civil rights movement in popular culture

External links[]

• Ruby Bridges at IMDb
• https://readthespirit.com/visual-parables/ruby-bridges-1998/

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