Boycott (2001 film)

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

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
ReleaseFebruary 24, 2001 (2001-02-24)

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]

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

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]

See also

References

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


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