(The Busing Battleground)

Content: The Busing Battleground pulls back the curtain on the volatile effort to end school segregation, detailing the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis. It illustrates how civil rights battles had to be fought across the North as well as the South and reckons with the class dimensions of the desegregation saga, exploring how the neighborhoods most impacted by the court’s order were the poorest in the city.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary,

History

Runtime:

113 minutes

Year:

2023

Directors:

Cyndee Readdean

Production companies:

American Experience Films,

GBH,

Winter Pink Films

Crews:

Director

Director

Associate Producer

Music

Archival Footage Research