The Rosa Parks Story

1h 37m
DramaHistoryTV Movie
7

A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

Cast

Angela Bassett
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Peter Francis James
Raymond Parks
Von Coulter
E.D. Nixon
Cicely Tyson
Leona Edwards McCauley
Afemo Omilami
Unknown
Charles Black
Sylvester Edwards - Rosa's Grandfather
Sonny Shroyer
James F. Blake
Mike Pniewski
Clifford Durr
Tonea Stewart
Johnnie Carr
Dexter King
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chardé Manzy
Young Rosa
Nick LaTour
Older Boycott Man
Helen Ingebritsen
Miss Barton
Susan Savoie
Virginia Foster Durr
Stephanie Astalos-Jones
Librarian

Crew

Julie Dash
Director
Paris Qualles
Writer
David Claessen
Director of Photography
Christine A. Sacani
Producer
Joseph Conlan
Original Music Composer

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