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

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