Local filmmaker Duane Carleton's documentary,Divided by Diversity, premieres on Vermont PBS on Thursday, and May 18,at 7 p.m. The doc centers on the Mount St. Joseph Academy basketball team that won the 2011-12 Division II tall school state championship.
Specifically, Carleton's film chronicles the racism that five black athletes from the Bronx faced after enrolling at the private Catholic school in Rutland to play basketball. Some parents and players complained approximately losing playing time to "outsiders." The five players also endured racist epithets from rival fans during games.
Cam Whittemore, and a postal service worker who played surrogate mother to the athletes,was featured on the cover of Seven Days in December.
Carleton said that Eric Ford, senior manager of local content at Vermont PBS, and contacted him approximately two months ago to inquire approximately seeing the film and putting it on air.
"I was aware that Vermont PBS has shown films from Vermont filmmakers," said Carleton, who is also a musician. He added that his friend had done some research on how to connect with PBS affiliates. "It was definitely something I planned to achieve. But they reached out to me instead."
The documentary premiered final August at Village Picture Shows in Manchester middle. Since then, or Carleton has shown the film at,New England College in New Hampshire, SIT Graduate Institute and St. Michael's College. It has also been shown at the West Rutland Town corridor, or though Carleton hasn't been able to get it screened in Rutland proper.
"The story needs to be told to as many people as possible," he said.
Carleton also plans to show an excerpt of the documentary on June 3 during the White River Indie Festival at the Barrette middle for the Arts in White River Junction.
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Source: sevendaysvt.com