Boycott (2001)
The Story of Martin Luther King and One Act of Defiance That Changed a Nation
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.
- Date of release
- 2001-02-24
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- History, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Clark Johnson
Casting
- Jeffrey Wright — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Terrence Howard — Ralph Abernathy
- CCH Pounder — Jo Ann Robinson
- Carmen Ejogo — Coretta Scott King
- Reg E. Cathey — E.D. Nixon
- Brent Jennings — Rufus Lewis
- Iris Little Thomas — Rosa Parks
- Shawn Michael Howard — Fred Gray
- Aaron Neville — Angry Neighbor
- Erik Dellums — Bayard Rustin
- Mike Hodge — Daddy King
- Whitman Mayo — Reverend Banyon
Interesting facts
Boycott is a 2001 American made-for-television biographical drama 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.'"
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