For One Night

Infobox Film
name = For One Night

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caption= Oficial poster
director = Ernest R. Dickerson
writer = Dee Harris-Lawrence
starring =Raven-Symoné
Aisha Tyler
Sam Jones III
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editing =Stephen Lovejoy
distributor = Lifetime Movie Network
released = February 6,2006
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0463996
website = http://www.lifetimetv.com/movies/originals/foronenight.html

"For One Night" is a 2006 film is based on the true story of Gerica McCrary, who made headlines in 2002 by getting Taylor County High School in her hometown of Butler, Georgia, to integrate the prom after thirty-one years of segregation. It stars Raven-Symoné as Briana McCallister and Aisha Tyler as Desiree Howard. The movie was filmed in summer 2005 in Louisiana just before Hurricane Katrina.

The movie was written by Dee Harris-Lawrence.

Plot

Inspired by the true story of an African American teenager who shook up a small town where high school proms had been racially segregated for decades. Amid the protests of the community and with the help of a newspaper reporter who returns to her hometown to cover the story, the two women are able to reverse decades of racist tradition and make history, at least for one night.

Cast

*Raven-Symoné ... Brianna McCallister
*Aisha Tyler... Desiree Howard
*Jason Lewis ... Mark Manning
*Sam Jones III ... Brandon Williams
*Gary Grubbs ... Mr. Thornton
*William Ragsdale ... Earl Randall
*Harold Sylvester... Mr Howard, Desiress' dad
*Donna DuPlantier ... Aunt Marlene
*Joan Pringle
*Rhoda Griffis ... Ginny Stephens
*Daina Gozan ... Sela Moody
*Mills Allison ... Ely Hardy
*Caroline Jahna ... Carla Thornton
*James Aaron ... Myron Dawson
*Louis Herthum ... Sheriff Taylor
*Katie Seeley ... Kelly Reynolds (as Katie Seely)
*Azure Dawn ... Lily Dubois
*Adam Powell ... Paul Beaudine
*Chuck Halley ... Newspaper Editor

Trivia

*In an interview with the film director, Raven-Symoné said that she had to gain some weight for the lead role, along with getting a southern accentFact|date=April 2007.
*The end of the movie (prom scene) features Raven's new song 'Gravity' Fact|date=April 2007.
*The movie was shot in the Summer of 2005 and was the last to capture the beautiful New Orleans essence before Hurricane Katrina.
*The movie is based on events that occurred in Taylor County, Georgia in 2002. Although it is said that the girl was involved much in the cause, she didn't do all that was said in the movie. [http://www.celebratingchildren.com/article_as_foronenight.htm]

Awards

2007
*Image Award:"Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Aisha Tyler"

External links

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* [http://www.lifetimetv.com/movies/originals/foronenight_realstory.html Gerica McCrary On How She Integrated Butler High School's Prom]
* [http://www.lifetimetv.com/movies/originals/foronenight_shandra.html Shandra Hill Smith: The Reporter Who Helped Gerica]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/race/index.html# Butler, Ga Profile]
* [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/04/22/integrated.prom.ap/ CNN Article on Gerica]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/01/national/main551926.shtml Taylor County's 1st Integrated Prom EVER]