I went to the high school it is about!
The movie was done about my home town, Butler, Georgia, to read about it go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_One_Night this story is based on true facts that were slaughtered by a girl from my high school! She went to the press and lied to get herself on TV and famous, the movie is a load of crap!
What REALLY happened is the black and white prom comittees decided to cut costs, combine, and have one prom. The older members of the community and a lot of parents disagreed but they had the prom off school campus so no one could tell them they couldn't. The news found out because one black girl, Gerica McCrary, lied to the press that she was the one that pushed and made everyone have one prom.