My Past Is My Own (1989)

Directed by

Helaine Head

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of young people who participate in a lunch counter sit-in protest against racial segregation in the early 1960s South. It shows their determination and the social tensions they face.

educationalseriousinspiringhistoricalearnestthoughtfulsomberquietly intense

What happens

My Past Is My Own is a television film which aired as a CBS Schoolbreak Special on January 24, 1989. The film is centered on a sit-in in the early 1960s at a racially segregated lunch counter in the Southern United States. Whoopi Goldberg, Phill Lewis and Allison Dean portray the lead characters. Writer/producer Alan Gansberg was awarded the 1989 Humanitas Prize in the Children's Live-Action Category for his work on My Past Is My Own. Editor Jayme Wing was nominated for an Emmy for best achievement in film editing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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