Boycott (2001 film)
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| Boycott | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Clark Johnson |
| Written by | Stewart Burns, Herman Daniel Farrell |
| Starring | |
Release date | 24 February 2001 |
Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Boycott is a 2001 American television film directed by Clark Johnson, and starring Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr. The film, based on the book Daybreak of Freedom by Stewart Burns, tells the story of the 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott. It won a Peabody Award in 2001 "for refusing to allow history to slip into 'the past.'"[1]
Cast
- Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr.
- Terrence Howard as Ralph Abernathy
- C. C. H. Pounder as Jo Ann Robinson
- Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King
- Reg E. Cathey as E. D. Nixon
- Brent Jennings as Rufus Lewis
- Iris Little Thomas as Rosa Parks
- Shawn Michael Howard as Fred Gray
- Erik Dellums as Bayard Rustin
See also
References
- ^ 61st Annual Peabody Awards, May 2002.
External links
- Boycott at IMDb
- Boycott at Rotten Tomatoes
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Categories:
- 2001 television films
- HBO Films films
- English-language films
- 2000s drama films
- Films about Martin Luther King Jr.
- African-American biographical dramas
- African-American civil rights movement (1954–68) in television
- American films
- Montgomery bus boycott
- Cultural depictions of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Cultural depictions of Rosa Parks
- American drama television film stubs
- Montgomery, Alabama stubs