The Rosa Parks Story (2002)

Film details

Featuring

Angela Bassett Peter James Francis Cicely Tyson
Director

Julie Dash
Country

USA
Year

2002
Genre

Biopic
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Ride to Freedom The Rosa Parks Story Alternative

Synopsis

TV film. The life of Rosa Parks, the civil rights heroine who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, prior to that history-changing moment in 1955 Alabama.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Rosa McCauley Parks
    
    Angela Bassett
  - Raymond Parks
    
    Peter James Francis
  - Leona McCauley
    
    Cicely Tyson
  - Johnnie Carr
    
    Tonea Stewart
  - E.D. Nixon
    
    Von Coulter
  - Dr Martin Luther King
    
    Dexter Scott King
  - young Rose
    
    Charde Manzy
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Julie Dash
  Subject:
  - [Subject of film]
    
    Rosa Parks
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Ltd.
  - In association with
    
    Chotzen/Jenner Productions
  - In association with
    
    Come Sunday Inc
  - Executive Producer
    
    Howard Braunstein
  - Executive Producer
    
    Michael Jaffe
  - Executive Producer
    
    Yvonne Chotzen
  - Executive Producer
    
    William Jenner
  - Executive Producer
    
    Willis Edwards
  - Co-executive Producer
    
    Angela Bassett
  Writing:
  - Written by
    
    Paris Qualles
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    David Claessen
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Conlon, Joseph