Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks is a 2002
short documentary film
directed by Robert Houston
and produced by Robert Hudson
. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
.
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
short documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Robert Houston
Robert Houston
Robert Houston is an American actor and filmmaker from California. Robert first became known for his character Bobby in Wes Craven's 1977 horror classic The Hills Have Eyes. He directed the samurai epic Shogun Assassin in 1981. Robert also wrote and directed a few more mainly independent films in...
and produced by Robert Hudson
Robert Hudson (producer)
Robert Hudson is a documentary filmmaker, born May 23, 1960 in Seattle, Washington. He won an Academy Award in the category Documentary Short Subject for the film Mighty Times: The Children's March.-Filmography:* Rock The Boat...
. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
.
Cast
- Coretta Scott KingCoretta Scott KingCoretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.Mrs...
- Herself (archive footage) - Martin Luther King - Himself (archive footage)
- Nick LaTourNick LaTourEdgar Daniel Nixon, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nick LaTour, was an American television, film, and stage actor. LaTour was the son of African American civil rights leader Edgar Nixon. On February 28, 2011, LaTour died of cancer at the age of 82.-Filmography:-External links:...
- Narrator - E. D. Nixon - Himself (archive footage)
- Rosa ParksRosa ParksRosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement"....
- Herself (archive footage)