Nine from Little Rock explained

Nine from Little Rock
Director:	Charles Guggenheim
Producer:	Shelby Storck
Starring:	Little Rock Nine
Narrator:	Jefferson Thomas
Studio:	United States Information Agency
Runtime:	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

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

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

• Jefferson Thomas as himself  - Narrator (also archive footage)
• Ernest Green as himself (also archive footage)
• Thelma Mothershed as herself (also archive footage)

See also

• Civil rights movement in popular culture

External links

• • , posted by the National Archives and Records Administration

Notes and References

1. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/nine-from-little-rock-8677/ Encyclopedia of Arkansas
2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/filmhistory.30.4.02 “It's Only Convincing If They Say It Is”: Documenting Civil Rights Progress in the USIA's Nine from Little Rock on JSTOR
3. Web site: The Charles Guggenheim Collection. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. April 10, 2012.
4. Web site: The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners . June 25, 2016. oscars.org.
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNhMFPioDI Documentary Winners: 1965 Oscars