morgan freeman
The Gospel at Colonus
A renowned collaboration between experimental theater director Lee Breuer and composer Bob Telson, THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS retells Sophocles’ classical tragedy Oedipus at Colonus through the medium of modern gospel. This filmed version of the [...]
Prom Night in Mississippi
In 1970, the town of Charleston, Mississippi, allowed black students into their white high school, but refused to integrate the senior prom. Twenty-seven years later, Charleston resident and Academy Award® winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to finance the prom — under the condition it be integrated.
