Ruby Bridges

When bright six-year-old Ruby is chosen to be the first African-American student to integrate her local New Orleans elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the very first time. But guided by the love of her mother and father, Ruby's heroic struggle for a better education becomes a lesson for us all.

• Directed By

  Euzhan Palcy

• Written By

  Toni Ann Johnson

• Cast

  Al Butler (canon), Jean Louisa Kelly, Michael Burgess, Chaz Monet, Kiara Tucker, Michael Beach, Charlie Lucas, Patrika Darbo, Toni Ann Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, Christopher Monroe Stokes, Kevin Pollak, Lela Rochon, Peter Francis James, Diana Scarwid