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User Rating:
6.6/10   205 votes
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Director:
Euzhan Palcy
Writer:
Toni Ann Johnson (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 January 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
The true story of Ruby Bridges, an African-American girl who, in 1960 at age 6, helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Yawn... more (8 total)

Cast

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Chaz Monet ... Ruby Nell Bridges

Penelope Ann Miller ... Barbara Henry

Kevin Pollak ... Dr. Robert Coles

Michael Beach ... Abon Bridges

Lela Rochon ... Lucielle 'Lucy' Bridges

Jean Louisa Kelly ... Jane Coles

Peter Francis James ... Dr. Broyard

Diana Scarwid ... Miss Woodmere

Patrika Darbo ... Miss Spencer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Derin Altay ... Mrs. Stein

D.L. Anderson ... Mother #1
Michael Burgess ... Mr. Lewis
Al Butler ... Deputy U.S. Marshal Al Buffer
Paula Davis ... Arlene
Christian Fincannon ... Cathy
Joan Gibson ... Mrs. Taylor
Gil Johnson ... Policeman
Toni Ann Johnson ... Alma Broyard
John Keenan ... Barricade Guard
Chuck Kinlaw ... Policeman #1
Charlie Lucas ... Mr. Taylor

Joe Maggard ... State Patrolman
John P. Menese ... Minister
Robin Robertson ... Reporter
Jeffrey Spoto ... Jimmy
Christopher Stokes ... Carl
Kiara Tucker ... Alison
Whitney Tucker ... Mary
Georgia Weeks ... Jimmy's Mother
Ralph Wilcox ... Pastor
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Company:
Marian Rees Associates more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Ruby Nell Bridges: [takes a ribbon out of her hair and wraps it around the neck of her doll and holds the ribbon up] more

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1 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Yawn..., 30 March 2001
Author: LeRoyMarko from Toronto, Canada

There's probably at least a dozen movies like this one, but most are better. Ruby Bridges is a little black girl who breaks new grounds by attending an all-white school in New Orleans in 1960. The movie is not very inspiring and the acting is not very good. Skip this one.

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