Crisis at Central High

Crisis at Central High is a 1981 madefortelevision movie about the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, based on a draft of the memoir by the same name by former assistant principal Elizabeth Huckaby.

Reviewer John OConnor of The New York Times observed, In the end, of course, the real heroes of this piece are the nine black students, whom OConnor described as played to quiet perfection. Actors highlighted for their portrayals included Calvin Levels as Ernest Green the only senior in the group and Regina Taylor as Minnijean Brown, launching that actress professional career. Other principal actors in the film included Charles Durning as the principal and Henderson Forsythe as Huckabys husband, Glenn.Like many docudramas, Crisis included some composite characters at least one reviewer OConnor criticizes the vague disclaimer to that effect, arguing that in a piece about such controversial events, alterations to the truth should be identified more specifically. In addition to the creative license already mentioned with regard to her role in the crisis, Huckaby was reported to have said the film showed some events are out of sequence and slightly altered others. ........

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