Boycott (2001 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)
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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]