Prom Night in Mississippi is a 2009 Canadian-American documentary film written and directed by Paul Saltzman.

[1][2] The prom was funded by Morgan Freeman, a Charleston resident, and exposed racial tension in the town, mainly among administrators and parents of the students of the high school.

[5] In 1997 Morgan Freeman (a resident of Charleston since 1991) approached the school and offered to pay for the prom, provided it be racially integrated.

[3] Saltzman follows a group of students, both Black and White, over four months as they prepare for their senior prom.

The film brought some racial tension to the town of Charleston, mostly from the parents and school authorities concerned with "tradition and security issues",[6] with a group of parents planning a separate prom for White students only.