The Rosa Parks Story
(2002)

Director: Julie Dash

Key Cast: Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, Cicely Tyson, Dexter King, Tonea Stewart

Rating: Not Rated

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

"The Rosa Parks Story"
Movie Trailer

Angela Bassett gives an award-winning performance in "The Rosa Parks Story."

Practically everyone has heard of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of refusing to give up her bus seat
to a white passenger. But who was Rosa Parks? How did she come to this moment in history?
What was so compelling about her that made an entire community rally to her side and launch a city-wide
boycott?

"The Rosa Parks Story" gives answers to these questions and more. Rosa Parks was more than just a woman
who refused to give up her bus seat. She was a person whose entire life history prepared her for doing
something that would ultimately launch the Civil Rights Movement and change the course of history for
millions of African-Americans.

The winner of multiple NAACP Image and Black Reel Awards, "The Rosa Parks Story" is a
biopic that everyone should see.

• "The Rosa Parks Story" was a made for television movie that first aired on February 24, 2002. It was a
special movie presentation honoring Black History Month.

• "The Rosa Parks Story" movie was made in collaboration with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for
Self Development. This foundation is the only organization created by Rosa Parks to continue her
legacy. For details about this institute, click here.

• Julie Dash, the African-American female director of "The Rosa Parks Story" also directed the Top 100
Black Classic Movie "Daughters of the Dust."

• "The Rosa Parks Story" was filmed in Montgomery, Alabama, the historic place where the Rosa Parks
refused to give up her bus seat and the site of the famous 381 day long Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• Dr. Martin Luther King's son, Dexter King, appears in "The Rosa Parks Story" as his father.

• "The Rosa Parks Story" won two NAACP Image Awards in 2003 - Outstanding Television Drama and
Outstanding Television Actress (Angela Bassett).

• "The Rosa Parks Story" also won four Black Reel Awards: Best Network/Cable Film, Best Actress
(Angela Bassett), Best Supporting Actress (Cicely Tyson) and Best Teleplay (Paris Qualles)

• Angela Bassett was also nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as Rosa Parks.

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