Paul Saltzman
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 2 (Director), 2 (Writer), 1 (Creator)
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A high school in a small-town in Mississippi prepares for its first integrated senior prom. (imdb)
In 1965, 21-year-old Torontonian, Paul Saltzman drove to Mississippi, volunteering as a civil rights worker with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He was arrested, spending 10 days in jail. He smuggled letters out of jail to the Toronto Star. Canadian Foreign Affairs requested his release but Saltzman declined. Posted to one of the toughest segregationist towns, Greenwood, he helped disadvantaged sharecroppers register to vote. He was assaulted by a young Klansman. (imdb)