The Rosa Parks Story
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| German title | The Rosa Parks Story |
| Original title | The Rosa Parks Story |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Julie Dash |
| script | Paris Qualles |
| music | Joseph Conlan |
| camera | David Claessen |
| cut | Wendy Hallam Martin |
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The Rosa Parks Story is a US biopic from the year 2002 . The film ran as a television movie on US television in 2002 .
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The film describes the life of the African American Rosa Parks , who became world famous for her role in the civil rights movement in the USA. She refused to be segregated on a bus and sat in a seat reserved for whites. She was then sent to prison. This led to demonstrations and a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama ; This lasted 381 days from 1955 to 1956.
The film shows their background and the racial discrimination that prevailed in Alabama's and southern society . Rosa was raised by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) as a child . She was encouraged to fight segregation. As a young woman, still in her teens, she married the hairdresser Raymond Parks, a civil rights activist. She joined the local NAACP office despite her husband finding the organization ineffective.
On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to vacate a white seat on the bus. This action and her arrest led to numerous protests and the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association . Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main organizers of the bus boycott. Eventually the US Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was illegal. This sparked further protests and was a milestone in the African American fight for equal rights.
criticism
The film has a positive rating of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes
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- The film was named best television film at the NAACP Image Awards
- Angela Bassett won the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a TV Movie
- 2003 Black Reel Award
- Angela Bassett as best actress
- Cicely Tyson for Best Supporting Actress
- Paris Qualles (screenplay)
- Best TV movie
- Family Television Award
- New York Christopher Award
- Directors Guild Awards: Julie Dash was nominated for Best Director
Web links
- The Rosa Parks Story in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Rosa Parks Story in the online film database
- The Rosa Parks Story , 2002, CBS website
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- ↑ The Rosa Parks Story ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2002, CBS website
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes
