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Overall Rank: 9927
Average Rating: 2.7/4
# of Ratings: 6
Theatrical Release Date: 10/30/2012
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 02/05/2013
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Mitchell
Actors: Wright Thompson, James Meredith, Ross Barnett, Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy
Plot: Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Fritz Mitchell presents this documentary following James Meredith on the eve of his entry into the University of Mississippi as the first African American student allowed in the school. Riots, deaths and the arrival of National Guard and Federal troops followed - but after the controversy, the school had an unprecedented football season. Told through the eyes of Wright Thompson, it looks back on these events and how it continues to shape the state today. -- Chris Kavan
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Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/17/2013
Another good entry into the 30 for 30 ESPN series - this looks back on the Ole Miss 1962 football season at the same time that James Meredith was being admitted as the first African-American student at the southern university. With tradition steeped far into the "old south" way of thinking - the civil rights movement was an affront to many people, including then-governor Ross Barnett. Fritz Mitchell does a great job in telling the story of not only the football team, but painting a portrait of life as it was in the early sixties. Even though it's short, it covers all the bases, though you know there is a lot more that could have been covered. All in all, a history lesson mixed in with an overlooked moment in Ole Miss football history.
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