| Boycott | |
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| Written by | Stewart Burns, Herman Daniel Farrell |
| Directed by | Clark Johnson |
| Starring | |
| 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 | February 24, 2001 |
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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]
- ^ 61st Annual Peabody Awards, May 2002.