Boycott (2001)
| Movie | |
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| German title | boycott |
| Original title | Boycott |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Clark Johnson |
| script | Stewart Burns , Herman Daniel Farrell , Timothy J. Sexton |
| production | Preston L. Holmes |
| music | Joseph Vitarelli |
| camera | David Hennings |
| cut | Cindy Mollo |
| occupation | |
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Boycott is a 2001 American racism drama that was directed by Clark Johnson . Jeffrey Wright and Carmen Ejogo played the leading roles . The film is based on real facts.
action
The year is 1955 in the state of Alabama in the southern United States. During this period of racial segregation in the southern United States, a white passenger in Montgomery demands that the reserved row of seats be vacated by the African American Rosa Parks . At the time, black passengers were not allowed to use certain seats. The other people clear the space, but the 42-year-old refuses. The bus driver James Blake then calls the police and insists on their arrest. Parks is arrested, charged, and fined $ 10 and $ 4 in court costs for disturbing public peace.
Partly in response to their arrest organized Martin Luther King , at that time a relatively unknown Baptist preacher, with his Montgomery Improvement Association the Montgomery bus boycott , repeal, who later forced the authorities to racial segregation in buses and trains, and many as a trigger other civil rights protests in America took place in subsequent years.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films called the film a “moving biopic with convincing actors” that was “solidly staged”.
Awards
- 2001: 1 Peabody Award
- 2001: 1 nomination for the Humanitas Prize
- 2002: 2 Image Awards and 2 nominations
- 2002: 1 AFI Award and 1 nomination
- 2002: 3 Black Reel Awards and 3 nominations
- 2002: 1 nomination for the Satellite Award
Web links
- Boycott in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Boycott in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boycott in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on June 16, 2014