The Summer of Ben Tyler

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The Summer of Ben Tyler is a 1996 made-for-television drama film set in the 1940s American South that explores themes of racism, justice, and family through the story of a white lawyer who takes in a young Black boy.

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instanceOf television film ⓘ
award Humanitas Prize for 90 Minute or Longer Network or Syndicated Television ⓘ
linked to: Humanitas Prize
awardYear 1997 ⓘ
basedOn novel The Summer of Ben Tyler ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Howard Swindle ⓘ
character Ben Tyler ⓘ
Celia Rayburn ⓘ
Temple Rayburn ⓘ
cinematographer Kees Van Oostrum ⓘ
composer Bruce Broughton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Arthur Allan Seidelman ⓘ
distributionChannel broadcast television ⓘ
distributor CBS ⓘ
editor John A. Martinelli ⓘ
executiveProducer Brent Shields ⓘ
filmingLocation North Carolina ⓘ
follows white lawyer who takes in a young Black boy ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
race-related drama ⓘ
hasSettingCharacteristic small Southern town ⓘ
isSetIn American South ⓘ
isSetInTimePeriod 1940s ⓘ
mainTheme family ⓘ
justice ⓘ
racism ⓘ
medium color ⓘ
narrativeFocus moral courage of a white lawyer defending a Black child ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
originalReleaseFormat television ⓘ
portrays legal and social consequences of challenging racism ⓘ
racial segregation in the American South ⓘ
producer Richard Welsh ⓘ
productionCompany Hallmark Hall of Fame ⓘ
publicationYearOfSource 1994 ⓘ
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 100 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Robert W. Lenski ⓘ
stars Charles Mattocks ⓘ
Elizabeth McGovern ⓘ
James Woods ⓘ
Len Cariou ⓘ
targetAudience television viewers ⓘ

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