The Rosa Parks Story

2002 American television movie The Rosa Parks StoryDVD coverBased onMontgomery bus boycottWritten byParis QuallesScreenplay byParis QuallesDirected byJulie DashStarringAngela BassettPeter Francis JamesCicely TysonMusic byJoseph ConlonCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducersPearl DeversElaine Eason SteeleEditorWendy Hallam-MartinRunning time94 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkCBSReleaseFebruary 24, 2002 (2002-02-24) The Rosa Parks Story is a 2002 American television movie written by Paris Qualles and directed by Julie Dash. Angela Bassett portrays Rosa Parks, with Cicely Tyson in a supporting role as her mother. It was broadcast by CBS on February 24, 2002. It received awards from the NAACP and the Black Reel Awards. Background and synopsis The film is an account of the life of Mrs. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks and her actions in the civil rights movement. After she refused to give up her seat for a White man on a racially segregated bus after a long day at work, she was arrested. Her example and treatment prompted a bus boycott as a major civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama; it lasted 381 days from 1955 to 1956. In the film, Parks's backgro