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DVD

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  • CENTRAL: Children's Collection
  • EASTWOOD: Audiovisual Collection
  • WASHINGTON SQUARE: Audiovisual Collection
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Ruby Bridges

Call Number

  • DVD CHILDREN/FAMILY (CEN, EAS, WSQ)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Pollak, Michael Beach, Jean Louisa Kelly, Peter Francis James, Patrika Darbo, Chaz Monet, Diana Scarwid, Lela Rochon.

Publication Information

[United States] : Walt Disney Home Video ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., 2004.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Summary

When bright six year old Ruby is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local New Orleans elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the very first time.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on television in 1999.

Based on events in the life of Ruby Bridges.

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