Boycott
The Story of Martin Luther King and One Act of Defiance That Changed a Nation
Rating: 6.7 out of 10TMDB(18 votes)
Overview
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Music
Music by Joseph Vitarelli
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Cinematography
Cinematography by David Hennings
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Herman Daniel FarrellWriter
- Stewart BurnsBook
- Timothy J. SextonWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 24, 2001
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Jeffrey WrightDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Terrence HowardRalph Abernathy
CCH PounderJo Ann Robinson
Carmen EjogoCoretta Scott King
Reg E. CatheyE.D. Nixon
Brent JenningsRufus Lewis
Iris Little ThomasRosa Parks
Shawn Michael HowardFred Gray
Aaron NevilleAngry Neighbor
Erik DellumsBayard Rustin
Mike HodgeDaddy King
Whitman MayoReverend Banyon
Walter FranksReverend Fields- Mert HatfieldMayor Gayle
Tom NowickiCommissioner Sellars
Danny NelsonCommissioner Parks
E. Roger MitchellBob Phillips- Heather SalmonMrs. Dunlap
Clark JohnsonEmory Jackson- Jack MartinClifford Durr
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