
Nickel Boys(2024)
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.


“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.

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

Brent Jennings
Rufus Lewis

Iris Little Thomas
Rosa Parks

Shawn Michael Howard
Fred Gray

Aaron Neville
Angry Neighbor

Erik Dellums
Bayard Rustin
Boycott is a history, drama, tv movie film released in 2001 exploring themes of based on novel or book, civil rights, protest, racial segregation, martin luther king, racist. Directed by Clark Johnson, it stars Jeffrey Wright, Terrence Howard, CCH Pounder. 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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