| Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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]
Accolades[edit]
It 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[edit]
References[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 Documetary Association
- ^ 'Reading' inspires Emmys - Variety
