The Ernest Green Story

The Ernest Green Story
The Ernest Green Story movie cover
Directed by	Eric Laneuville
Produced by	Jean Higgins
Written by	Lawrence Roman
Narrated by	Ernest Green
Starring	Morris Chestnut Monica Calhoun Ossie Davis Ruby Dee Omar Gooding Gary Grubbs James Harper Tina Lifford CCH Pounder
Music by	Mason Daring
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s)	January 17, 1993
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Ernest Green Story is a made-for-television movie which follows the true story of Ernest Green (Morris Chestnut) and eight other African American high school students (dubbed the "Little Rock Nine") as they embark on their historic journey to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Much of the movie was filmed on location at Central High School. It premiered on the Disney Channel on January 17, 1993. Later that year, A.M.L. Productions and the Disney Channel received a Peabody Award for presenting "a story which reminds adults and teaches children about the courageous steps taken toward the elimination of discrimination in American society".

Cast

Morris Chestnut - Ernest Green Robert Alexander - Lionel Katherine Bernhardt - Mrs. Gaines Sarah Boss - Rhonda Avery Brooks - Rev. Lawson Monica Calhoun - Minnijean Brown Missy Crider - Charlene Talbot Ossie Davis - Grandfather Ruby Dee - Mrs. Lydia Wilson Brandon Eells - Physics Student Latrice Butts - Student Omar Gooding - Marcus Gary Grubbs - Mr. Loomis James Harper - Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus John Hickman - Mr. Prior Harry Hood - TV Reporter Mark W. Johnson - Emmett Moody Francis Kemp - Grace Lorch Lisa Lax - Woman #1 Jerry Leggio - Little Rock Mayor Woodrow Wilson Mann

Dennis Letts - Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin Tina Lifford - Mrs. Green Anitra Lovelace - Gloria Ray Suli McCullough - Terrence Roberts Brian Stokes Mitchell - Thurgood Marshall Moses Peace - Minnijean's Father CCH Pounder - Daisy Bates Jason Pratt - Scott Green Lisa Marie Russell - Elizabeth Eckford Tommy Sanders - Smiley Sean Serino - Carlotta Walls Jacqueline Ann Shaw - Thelma Mothershed Sonny Shroyer - Coach Snell Toya Stokes - Melba Pattillo Tim Taylor - Newspaper Reporter Tico Wells - Jefferson Thomas John Boyd West - Starkey Narrated by Ernest Green

See also

• Crisis at Central High
• Little Rock Nine

Notes

• The original version of the movie includes gospel singer Mahalia Jackson's well-known rendition of the song, Take My Hand, Precious Lord. A subsequent version replaces the song with the hymn, It Is Well with My Soul.

External links

• The Ernest Green Story at the Internet Movie Database
• The Ernest Green Story at AllRovi