The Busing Battleground

1h 53m
DocumentaryHistory
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The Busing Battleground pulls back the curtain on the volatile effort to end school segregation, detailing the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis. It illustrates how civil rights battles had to be fought across the North as well as the South and reckons with the class dimensions of the desegregation saga, exploring how the neighborhoods most impacted by the court’s order were the poorest in the city.

Cast

Crew

Cyndee Readdean
Director, Producer
Sharon Grimberg
Director, Writer, Producer
Jon Neuburger
Editor
Matt Shelly
Assistant Editor
Michelle Purpura
Assistant Editor
Jason Longo
Director of Photography
David Bigelow
Colorist
Susan Bellows
Executive Producer
Cameo George
Executive Producer
Sarah Keeling
Associate Producer
Emily Games
Production Assistant
Antonio Rossi
Additional Camera
Roger Suen
Music
Dominic Lounds
Archival Footage Research

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