MARCHING FORWARD

MARCHING FORWARD shares the story of two high school band directors – one black, one white – whose love of music and dedication to their students inspired an atypical collaboration in the segregated south. This documentary tells the story of how their friendship and professional cooperation resulted in the experience of a lifetime for two Orlando-area bands at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. Interviews with former students, recount this chapter in Orlando’s history – both the moments of unity forged in the community, as well as the challenges and inequities of the Jim Crow-era South.