Crisis at Central High

Year: 1981

Runtime: 125 mins

Language: English

Director: Lamont Johnson

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The film dramatizes the 1957 clash between state and federal authorities over desegregating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, following teacher and girls’ vice‑principal Elizabeth Huckaby as she witnesses the intense resistance, the courage of the students, and the community’s turmoil.

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