Corridor of Shame
The Neglect of South Carolina’s Rural Schools
Produced and Directed by Bud Ferillo
Introduction by Pat Conroy
Corridor of Shame is a fifty-eight-minute documentary that takes a revealing look inside the decaying rural schools of South Carolina, exposing crumbling and inadequate
facilities that are not only unacceptable but truly disturbing. Struggling with the effects of
reduced funding from the State of South Carolina in recent years and declining support
from local governments caused by factory closings and diminishing tax bases, these
schools are hard-pressed to provide a minimally adequate education for their students.
Bud Ferillo tells moving stories of parents, teachers, and administrators and of their
extraordinary efforts to seek funding for improved education for the school districts
along the I-95 corridor. Supported by many of South Carolina’s leading foundations and
community leaders, Corridor of Shame tracks the evidence presented on behalf of eight
school districts in Abbeville County School District v. The State of South Carolina, brought
before the South Carolina Supreme Court in 2008. A ruling is still pending in 2013.
Distributed for Ferillo & Associates, Inc.
Awards
2005 President’s Award for Education Advocacy, South Carolina Conference of
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
2005–2006 Friend of Education Award, South Carolina Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development
2005 Award of Excellence, Videographer Awards
2005 Best of Festival Award, Berkeley Video & Film Festival
2005 Bronze Medal Winner, Millennium Awards
2005 Silver Award, Davey Awards
2005 Award of Excellence, Pegasus Awards
2005 Bronze Award, Telly Awards
Bud Ferillo is the communications
specialist for the University of South
Carolina Children’s Law Center and is
the founder and president of Ferillo
& Associates, Inc.
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