When six-year-old Ruby Bridges is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the first time.
Acting
Chaz Monet carries the weight of history at six years old.
Direction
Palcy lets horror unfold through a child's limited perspective.
Production
Period detail that makes the hate feel terrifyingly present.
Director
Euzhan Palcy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Norman Rockwell's 'The Problem We All Live With' painting of Ruby became iconic; this film finally gives her voice.
Director Euzhan Palcy was the first Black woman to direct a studio film ('A Dry White Season'); she fought to make this for years.
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