THE CLINTON 12 (2006) • 88 minutes Produced by Green McAdoo Cultural Organization Written and Directed by KEITH McDANIEL Narrated by JAMES EARL JONES Music by Josh Molen and Jon Clark SYNOPSIS: On August 27, 1956, twelve black teenagers in Clinton, Tennessee walked into history and changed the world. Narrated by award-winning actor James Earl Jones, THE CLINTON 12 tells the compelling story of the integration of the FIRST public high school in the South after the US Supreme Court decision Brown vs. the Board of Education. The title refers to the 12 black teenagers who, in the fall of 1956, were forced to attend the all white high school in Clinton, Tennessee. THE CLINTON 12 recalls one of the greatest moments in the American Civil Rights movement. Told with the voices of those who lived through this tumultuous event, this film tells of not only the courage of those who faced violent racial opposition, but the determination of a small, predominately white southern town that stood shoulder to shoulder to confront and defeat bigotry and fear. AWARDS: Southern Lens Award (Best Southern Film) 2006 Asheville Film Festival Best Documentary, 2007 Southern Fried Flicks Film Festival Best Documentary, 2007 Texas Black Film Festival Best Documentary, 2007 Sweet Auburn Film Festival Honorable Mention, 2007 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival NPT Human Spirit Award, 2007 Nashville Film Festival Audience Award/Best Doc, 2007 Nashville Film Festival Best Editing/Documentary, 2007 Top 10 Films in America ReeLHeART Award, 2007 ReeLHeART Film Festival 2007 Special Award of Distinction East Tennessee Historical Society SCREENINGS: 2006 Secret City Film Festival, Oak Ridge, TN 2006 Asheville Film Festival, Asheville, NC 2007 Southern Fried Flicks Film Festival, Augusta, GA 2007 Texas Black Film Festival, Dallas, TX 2007 Oxford Film Festival, Oxford, MS 2007 All American Film Festival, Durham, NC 2007 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, Florence, AL 2007 Independent Black Film Festival, Atlanta, GA 2007 Memphis International Film Festival, Memphis, TN 2007 Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, TN 2007 USA Film Festival, Nashville, TN 2007 Top 10 Films in America Festival, Galax, VA 2007 Sweet Auburn International Film Festival, Atlanta, GA 2007 Flint Film Festival, Flint, MI 2007 IndieGrits Film Festival, Columbia, SC 2007 San Francisco Black Film Festival, San Francisco, CA 2007 ReeLHeART Film Festival, Toronto, Canada 2007 LandLocked Film Festiva, Iowa City, IA 2007 Rome Internatioanal Film Festival, Rome, GA 2007 Faith & Film Motion Picture Festival, Franklin, TN REVIEWS: “The documentary is polished and has no hint of meager movie-making budgetary pitfalls, thanks to McDaniels’ experience and storytelling abilities. As a result, ‘The Clinton 12’ is a powerful, resonating, visual document that exposes one almost forgotten notch in our country’s struggle for humanity.” Erika Bolen, Augusta MetroSpirit, Jan. 4, 2007