"For One Night" intelligently deals with a racially simmering problem in a small Louisiana town in modern days. It's basically where a school has segregated its proms. One young black student, Brianna, who is being considered for class valedictorian, wants to change all that.

While this is occurring, a black journalist comes back to town and picks up on this to create a tremendous story with racial animosity following.

This young reporter is in love with the town's white assistant principal. This guy fits the breed of our modern educators-a swinger, fun-loving person with serious intentions all around.

Naturally, we have the cliché council man who is the epitome of bigotry. His daughter really likes a black student as well.

The film seriously questions our racial mores and doesn't necessarily end on a very positive note.

We see the politics involved on just about every level- the town's school system being a prime example. We see a principal caught up in all this. There is also the stereotyped black father who is passive, thereby getting the journalist daughter angry at him.