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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Gerald W. Abrams notableWork The Summer of Ben Tyler