''A City Decides'' is a 1956 American

short Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as ...

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

directed by

Charles Guggenheim Charles Eli Guggenheim (March 31, 1924 – October 9, 2002) was an American documentary film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was the most honored documentary filmmaker in the academy history, winning four Oscars from twelve nominations ...

about the racial integration of St. Louis Public Schools. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Short.

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* 1956 films 1956 documentary films 1956 short films 1950s short documentary films American short documentary films Documentary films about education in the United States Documentary films about the civil rights movement Films directed by Charles Guggenheim Films set in St. Louis Films shot in St. Louis African-American history of Missouri Education in St. Louis Documentary films about Missouri 1950s English-language films 1950s American films American black-and-white films English-language documentary films {{civil-rights-movement-stub

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