Driftless Film Festival 2024
The Exchange. In White America. Kaukauna And King 50 Years Later

The Exchange. In White America. Kaukauna & King 50 Years Later

Filmmaker: Joanne Williams

2024 | United States | 62 min. | Not Rated (all ages)

Screenings: Saturday, Nov 9, 7:00 pm

This is the story of an exchange of Black and White high school students in Wisconsin. The schools are Rufus King High School in Milwaukee and Kaukauna High School in the Fox River Valley. This exchange happened in 1966, right in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement more than 50 years ago. The participants lived in each others’ homes, attended classes in each others’ schools and performed the groundbreaking play In White America in both cities. This is the story of the revival of the play 50 years later by a new generation of high school students in the same schools and communities.

Crew
Director
Joanne Williams
Writers
Joanne Williams
Gary Reistad
Kathleen Tank
Producers
Joanne Williams
Debbie Paschke
Cast
Phyllis Lawhorn Wilson
Joe McCarty
Allen Kemp
Linda Plutchak
Bill Derricks