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Last Chair(2003) dir: Leona Whitney Beatty, trt: 30 mins
A young black girl learns to stand up for herself when she is forced to attend an all-white Midwest high school in the late sixties and face the challenge of integrating herself into the unwelcoming environment.

“Last Chair” is a drama surrounding black freshman Jeannie Spencer, a new student at predominately white Creston High School.  The film centers on her conflict with her band instructor who attempts to make Jeannie to go on a band trip where she would be forced to stay in a segregated hotel – away from the rest of the all-white band members.  In her attempts to not to go on the trip, she incites a fight that is much bigger than herself, and causes her mother to make her an unwilling martyr for her “cause.” In the midst of the uproar Jeannie bonds with Becky,  her first white friend, and forms an unlikely friendship that will eventually change the way that Creston looks at race relations. It is Jeannie's Mother, Kathy, who teaches Jeannie that activism, action, principals and faith are responsible ways to address prejudice.  

Currency(2001)
dir: Leona Whitney Beatty, trt: 9 mins

Currency follows a single dollar bill as it passes between seven different people in an urban city.  The dollar, ominously marked with a dark red embossment, is passed between a very diverse group of people: rich, poor, black, white, people with no connections other than the passing of currency.  Can money save your soul, sell you soul, or is it just used for necessity? Does money connect us all or draw us further apart?

Actual Imporance of Being Somewhat Earnest(2002) 
dir:Leona Whitney Beatty, trt:15 mins

A romantic comedy that delves into the heads of two best friends that can't seem to admit their true feelings for each other.
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