January 9, 2008
It was a wonderful black history lesson but I could tell it was a made for TV movie.
Angela Bassett, Charde Manzy, Cicely Tyson
Angela Bassett stars in the story that sparked the birth of the modern civil rights movement in the late 1950s. Parks took the only available seat in the first row of the "colored" section on a city b...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 21, 2003
Stats: 49 reviews
Flixster Reviews (49)
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August 14, 2009absolutely love this film, again it stars angela bassett as the now late rosa parks. this film is a great insight to those, like myself, who weren't around at that time ta have witnessed such nasty racial discrimination. set in the 1950's.
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November 17, 2008very moving and inspirational a story for many generations to follow Angela Bassette really captured the essence of Rosa Parks
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October 18, 2008I adore Angela Bassett and I think she did such a great job. This movie tells Parks' history from childhood all the way up to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The movie was laced with real footage from the civil rights movement. It was a nice touch. There were many scenes that were si...( read more)
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January 26, 2008we have come along way, since those days, i glad i view the movie , and watch over and over from time to time....
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October 1, 2007I felt something was missing but the movie shared things I did not know.
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September 20, 2008Such a great woman deserves representation in a better film, at least one with a bigger budget.
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