USM Screens The Exchange in White America Documentary

USM’s Parents of Students of Color (POSOC) group hosted a showing of the award-winning documentary film “The Exchange in White America: Kaukauna and King 50 Years Later” in January. The film documents the experiences of a group of students at Rufus King and Kaukauna High Schools, who participated in a groundbreaking exchange program in 1966.

The film’s producer and director, Joanne Williams, was present at the screening and spoke to the audience. Williams, a native of Milwaukee, graduated from Rufus King High School in 1967. She returned to USM in April after 7th and 8th grade students watched the film. The students had many questions for Williams, including how she got the idea, how she gathered first-person research, and what it was like emotionally for her to make the film.