Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks

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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Directed by Robert Houston
Written byRobert Houston
Produced by Bill Couturié
Dulanie M. Ellis
Robert Hudson
CinematographyGeoffrey George
Edited byNancy Barber
Production
company
Tell the Truth Pictures
Distributed by Teaching Tolerance
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
40 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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]

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References

  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
  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
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  7. 'Reading' inspires Emmys - Variety