Boycott (2001 film)

*Boycott*
Boycott
Written by	Stewart Burns, Herman Daniel Farrell
Directed by	Clark Johnson
Starring	Jeffrey Wright; Carmen Ejogo; Terrence Howard;
Music by	Joseph Vitarelli
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Preston Holme
Cinematography	David Hennings
Editor	Cindy Mollo
Running time	118 minutes
Production company	HBO Films
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	24 February 2001

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]

Cast

Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr.
Terrence Howard as Ralph Abernathy
CCH Pounder as Jo Ann Robinson
Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King
Reg E. Cathey as E. D. Nixon
Brent Jennings as Rufus Lewis
Iris Little Thomas as Rosa Parks
Shawn Michael Howard as Fred Gray
Erik Dellums as Bayard Rustin

Soundtrack

The film soundtrack was issued as a 3-disc CD album on the EMI Gospel label^[2] and features recordings by Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Kirk Franklin and The Nu Nation, Montrel Darrett, Darwin T. Hobbs & Molly Johnson, Beverly Crawford and The Potters House Choir, the Tri-City Singers, Aaron Neville with Sweet Honey in the Rock, Lamar Campbell and The Spirit of Praise, Karen Clark, and BeBe Winans with Stevie Wonder & Mario Winans.^[3]

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Jonathan Widran said: "This exciting, eclectic R&B-driven soundtrack to the HBO film features a mix of classic jazz performances and some of the best sounds coming out of modern pop-gospel music these days."^[4]