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Synopsis:
This fact-based drama treats race issues with intelligence, while the excellent cast bring dignity to proceedings. The film explores the aftermath of one black woman's refusal to give up her seat in the 'whites only' section of a bus. Her actions prompted people across the city of Montgomery to boycott public transport and brought the American civil rights movement to national attention. Jeffrey Wright, Terrence Dashon Howard and Carmen Ejogo star
Cast:
Mike Hodges as Daddy King, Jeffrey Wright as Dr Martin Luther King Jnr, Terrence Howard, Terrence Dashon Howard as Ralph Abernathy, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, CCH Pounder as Jo Ann Robinson, Reg E Cathey as ED Nixon, Erik Todd Dellums, Brent Jennings as Rufus Lewis, E. Roger Mitchell, Iris Little Thomas as Rosa Parks, Mike Hodge, Shawn Michael Howard as Fred Gray, Omar J Dorsey, Erik Dellums as Bayard Rustin, Von Coulter
Credits:
Clark Johnson - Director, Herman Daniel Farrell III - Scriptwriter, Timothy J. Sexton - Scriptwriter, Preston Holmes - Producer, Shelby Stone - Executive-Producer, Norman Twain - Executive-Producer
