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2001 television film directed by Clark Johnson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.'"[1]
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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 |
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]
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