BHM: movie review: Boycott

HBO has produced some fantastic movies retelling stories from the Civil Rights era. Boycott is another one. It's the story of Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. and the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Montgomery bus Boycott of 1955-1956, 13 months. Not only is the story compelling but more than those two characters are developed. It's complex, it has depth, it is extremely well acted. Be warned that this is filmed in a less conventional style, almost like a play, almost like a cameraman in their home as the events unfold. sometimes characters look straight to the camera and talk to you. sometimes characters shove the camera out of their space. One wonderful tidbit i appreciated was a scene, before Ms. Parks' introduction, of a teenaged girl (presumably Claudette Colvin) refusing to give up her seat and being arrested. No explanation is given but the NAACP decided not to support her case as she was not as upstanding a citizen and, hence, less likely to result in a trial focused on rights instead of character. However, her injustice was resurrected in the federal case.
I appreciated the development of the characters (and their contribution to the cause) Ralph David Abernathy, E. D. Nixon, Fred Gray, and Bayard Rustin.