Rosa parks movie will be based on detroit historians book. Parks longtime friend rebecca daniels carr in a cameo role. The making of a civil rights icon delphine letort abstract the rosa parks story 2002 belongs to the wave of civil rights films that emerged in the 1980s and was dedicated to recounting the fight for. Included is a short, onepage story about rosa parks and how the famous bus boycott began. The rosa parks story 2002julie dash angela bassett. The efforts of rosa parks to seek justice for a rape survivor will be subject of film based on detroit historians book. On december 1, 1955, rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in montgomery, alabama, and from there sparked a national civil rights movement for racial equality. The rosa parks story 2002julie dash angela bassett,cicely tyson eng.
Released 2002, the rosa parks story stars angelabassett, peterfrancisjames, toneastewart, dexter scottking the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The rosa parks story 2002 this biopic tells the story of civil rights activist rosa parks angela bassett from her days as a privateschool student to her public battle against racism and. Dash also helmed the 2002 tv movie the rosa parks story that featured. The rosa parks story 2002 julie dash angela bassett,cicely tyson eng. Mostly filmed on location in alabama, the rosa parks story features cicely tyson as rosas strongwilled mother leona and mrs. The making of a civil rights icon, black camera, an international film journal, vol.
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