The Ernest Green Story
Movie cover
Genre	Drama
Written by	Lawrence Roman
Directed by	Eric Laneuville
Starring	Morris Chestnut Monica Calhoun Ossie Davis Ruby Dee Omar Gooding Gary Grubbs James Harper Tina Lifford CCH Pounder
Music by	Mason Daring
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Carol Abrams Adrienne Levin
Producer	Jean Higgins
Production location	Little Rock, Arkansas
Cinematography	Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Editor	Jeff Freeman
Running time	101 minutes
Production company	Walt Disney Television
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	January 17, 1993 (1993-01-17)

The Ernest Green Story is a 1993 American made-for-television biographical film which follows the true story of Ernest Green (Morris Chestnut) and eight other African-American high-school students (dubbed the "Little Rock Nine") as they embark on their historic journey to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. The film was developed and executive produced by Carol Ann Abrams.^[1] Much of the movie was filmed on location at Central High School.

The film had its world premiere at Little Rock Central High School, with an introduction by President-Elect of the United States Bill Clinton.^[1] It aired on the Disney Channel on January 17, 1993. Later that year, A.M.L. Productions and the Disney Channel received a Peabody Award for presenting "a story which reminds adults and teaches children about the courageous steps taken toward the elimination of discrimination in American society".^[1][2]

Cast

Crisis at Central High

The Ernest Green Story was actually the second made-for-television film to depict the events of the Little Rock Crisis. In 1981, CBS aired Crisis at Central High,^[3] which was told from the point-of-view of former assistant principal Elizabeth Huckaby.^[4] There, Ernest Green was portrayed by Calvin Levels. Meanwhile, Minnijean Brown was portrayed in Crisis at Central High by Regina Taylor and Carlotta Walls was portrayed by Riona Martin.