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Boycott (2001)

Boycott (2001)

PG 118 minutes EN History , Drama , TV Movie
The Story of Martin Luther King and One Act of Defiance That Changed a Nation
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Jeffrey Wright
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Terrence Howard
Ralph Abernathy
CCH Pounder
Jo Ann Robinson
Carmen Ejogo
Coretta Scott King
Reg E. Cathey
E.D. Nixon
Aaron Neville
Angry Neighbor
Erik Dellums
Bayard Rustin
Erik M. Underwood
Church Member
Brent Jennings
Rufus Lewis
Heather Gunn
Angry Neighbor
Production companies: Norman Twain Productions, Shelby Stone Productions, HBO Films
Production countries: United States of America

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