Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
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	2002;
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

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

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)

References

^ 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 Documentary Association
^ 'Reading' inspires Emmys - Variety

External links

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks at IMDb

[1] Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

[2] TV Guide

[3] View civil rights video "The Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks"|Go|Bozeman Daily Chronicle

[Oscars2003-4] "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved November 20, 2011.

[5] "Twin Towers" winning Documentary Short Subject - Oscars on YouTube

[6] 2003 Academy Awards Nominees: Best Feature Documentary and Best Documentary Short Subject|International Documentary Association

[7] 'Reading' inspires Emmys - Variety

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v t e Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special
Children's Entertainment Special (1974–1984)	ABC Afterschool Special ("Rookie of the Year") (1974) The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Harlequinade") (1975) The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Danny Kaye's Look-In at the Metropolitan Opera") (1976) Special Treat ("Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid") (1977) ABC Afterschool Special ("Hewitt's Just Different") (1978) Special Treat ("The Tap Dance Kid") (1979) ABC Afterschool Special ("The Late Great Me: Story of a Teenage Alcoholic") (1980) ABC Afterschool Special ("A Matter of Time") (1981) ABC Afterschool Special ("Starstruck") (1982) ABC Afterschool Special ("The Woman Who Willed a Miracle") (1983) ABC Afterschool Special ("The Great Love Experiment") (1984)
Children's Informational Special (1976–1984)	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1976) ABC Afterschool Special ("My Mom's Having a Baby") (1977) ABC Afterschool Special ("Very Good Friends") (1978) Razzamatazz (1979) The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Why a Conductor") (1980) The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev") (1981) Kathy (1982) No Award (1983) CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story") (1984)
Children's Anthology/Dramatic Programming (1980)	ABC Weekend Specials ("The Gold Bug") / CBS Library ("Animal Talk" and "Once Upon a Midnight Dreary") / Once Upon a Classic ("Leatherstocking Tales") (1980)
Children's Special (1985–2003)	CBS Schoolbreak Special ("All the Kids Do It") (1985) CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The War Between the Classes") (1986) ABC Afterschool Special ("Wanted: The Perfect Guy") (1987) CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Never Say Goodbye") (1988) ABC Afterschool Special ("Taking a Stand") (1989) CBS Schoolbreak Special ("A Matter of Conscience") (1990) Lost in the Barrens (1991) Vincent and Me (1992) ABC Afterschool Special ("Shades of a Single Protein") (1993) Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story") (1994) Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story") (1995) CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Stand Up") (1996) Elmo Saves Christmas (1997) In His Father's Shoes (1998) The Island on Bird Street (1999) Summer's End (2000) Run the Wild Fields / A Storm in Summer (2001) My Louisiana Sky (2002) Bang Bang You're Dead (2003)
Children/Youth/Family Special (2004–2007)	The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2004) Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2005) Reality Matters ("Teen Sexuality") (2006) Saving a Species (The Great Penguin Rescue") (2007)

Accolades

Cast

See also

References

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