Boycott | |
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Directed by | Clark Johnson |
Written by | Stewart Burns, Herman Daniel Farrell |
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Release date
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24 February 2001 |
Running time
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118 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Boycott is a 2001 American television 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.'"