Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks is a 2002 American short documentary film directed by Robert Houston and produced by Robert Hudson about the 1955/56 Montgomery bus boycott led by Rosa Parks.[1][2][3]
| Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks | |
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| Directed by | Robert Houston |
| Written by | Robert Houston |
| Produced by | Bill Couturié Dulanie M. Ellis Robert Hudson |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey George |
| Edited by | Nancy Barber |
Production company | Tell the Truth Pictures |
| Distributed by | Teaching Tolerance |
Release date |
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Running time | 40 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Accolades
editIt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special (the latter award earned in 2005 after airing on HBO).[4][5][6][7]
Cast
edit- Coretta Scott King as herself (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King Jr. as himself (archive footage)
- Nick LaTour as Narrator
- E. D. Nixon as himself (archive footage)
- Rosa Parks as herself (archive footage)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
- ^ TV Guide
- ^ View civil rights video "The Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks"|Go|Bozeman Daily Chronicle
- ^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ "Twin Towers" winning Documentary Short Subject - Oscars on YouTube
- ^ 2003 Academy Awards Nominees: Best Feature Documentary and Best Documentary Short Subject|International Documentary Association
- ^ 'Reading' inspires Emmys - Variety