Boycott (2001 film)
Boycott | |
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Written by | Stewart Burns, Herman Daniel Farrell |
Directed by | Clark Johnson |
Starring | |
Music by | Joseph Vitarelli |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Preston Holme |
Cinematography | David Hennings |
Editor | Cindy Mollo |
Running time | 118 minutes |
Production company | HBO Films |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | 24 February 2001 |
Boycott is a 2001 American
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
- CCH Pounder as Jo Ann Robinson
- Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King
- E. D. Nixon
- Rufus Lewis
- Iris Little Thomas as Rosa Parks
- Shawn Michael Howard as Fred Gray
- Erik Dellums as Bayard Rustin
Soundtrack
The film soundtrack was issued as a 3-disc CD album on the EMI Gospel label[2] and features recordings by Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Kirk Franklin and The Nu Nation, Montrel Darrett, Darwin T. Hobbs & Molly Johnson, Beverly Crawford and The Potters House Choir, the Tri-City Singers, Aaron Neville with Sweet Honey in the Rock, Lamar Campbell and The Spirit of Praise, Karen Clark, and BeBe Winans with Stevie Wonder & Mario Winans.[3]
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Jonathan Widran said: "This exciting, eclectic R&B-driven soundtrack to the HBO film features a mix of classic jazz performances and some of the best sounds coming out of modern pop-gospel music these days."[4]
See also
- Browder v. Gayle
- Civil rights movement in popular culture
- Claudette Colvin
- Selma, another film starring Ejogo as Scott King
References
- ^ 61st Annual Peabody Awards, May 2002.
- ^ "Boycott (TV Movie 2001)". Retrieved 8 November 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Boycott [HBO Film] - Original Soundtrack - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Boycott [HBO Film] - Original Soundtrack - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
External links
- Boycott at IMDb
- Boycott at Rotten Tomatoes