• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Athena Film Festival

Athena Film Festival

March 2 - 5, 2023

  • About Us
    • Mission & Vision
    • Athena Code of Conduct
    • Founders
    • Team
    • Commitment to Inclusion
    • Accessibility
    • Land Acknowledgment
    • Photo Galleries
    • Press Inquiries
  • Support
    • Become A Sponsor
    • 2023 Sponsors
    • Volunteer
    • 2022 Organizational Partners
  • Submit
    • Submit to the WIP Program
    • Submit to The Writers Lab
      • Submit to the Screenplay Portal
      • Submit to the TV Portal
    • Submit Your Script
    • Submit Your Short
  • Program
    • Archive
  • Creative Development
    • Creative Development Program
    • The Athena List
    • Writers Labs
    • Works In Progress Program
    • Women & STEM
    • ARFF
    • Creative Development Awards
      • Breakthrough Award
      • The Chinonye Chukwu Emerging Writer Award
      • Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant
  • Buy Passes

Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

  • Director: Sharon La Cruise
  • Type: Documentaries
  • Year: 2012
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Length: 60 minutes

Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock tells the story of a forgotten civil rights activist, Daisy Bates who became a household name in 1957 in her assistance of the nine black students who fought for the right to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Her courage culminated in a constitutional crisis — pitting a President against a Governor and a community against itself. Unconventional, revolutionary, and egotistical, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society and opened doors that had been sealed for generations. As this eloquent movie documents, Daisy Bates reaped the rewards of instant fame, but paid dearly for it.

Footer

  • Home
  • Press
  • Become A Sponsor
  • Getting Here
  • Contact
  • Submit
  • Sitemap

Founding Organizations

Women and Hollywood
Athena Center for Leadership Studies

Founding Sponsor

Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram

©2020 Athena Film Festival