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Boycott (2001 film)

January 01, 1970

For the 2021 documentary film, see Boycott (2021 film).

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]

Boycott
Written byStewart Burns, Herman Daniel Farrell
Directed byClark Johnson
Starring
Music byJoseph Vitarelli
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerPreston Holme
CinematographyDavid Hennings
EditorCindy Mollo
Running time118 minutes
Production companyHBO Films
Original release
NetworkHBO
Release24 February 2001 (2001-02-24)

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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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References edit

  1. ^ 61st Annual Peabody Awards, May 2002.
  2. ^ "Boycott (TV Movie 2001)". Retrieved 8 November 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ^ "Boycott [HBO Film] - Original Soundtrack - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Boycott [HBO Film] - Original Soundtrack - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2018.

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