The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
A documentary portrait of Rosa Parks, an African-American rights activist who opposed, among other things, the policy of racial segregation and was referred to as the 'mother of the civil rights movement.' The film is an adaptation of the best-selling biography by Jeanne Theoharis.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks is not just another rehash of Rosa Parks' famous bus boycott. The film aims to give us a deeper look at one of the most active and impactful civil rights activists of the 20th century. The new film will cover the full breadth of her accomplishments, in part to give a more full picture of Parks beyond what we learn in school. Instead of focusing on one single accomplishment, the film will fully explore the scope of her decades-long career and the complexities of her character.
Johanna Hamilton
Documentary film producer and director Johanna Hamilton produced the films Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2018) about women in Liberia, which won Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, and Jackson (2106) on tightening of abortion restrictions in the United States; the latter film was showered with awards, including an Emmy. She made her directorial debut in 2014 with 1971 about an investigation into a controversial FBI counterintelligence program. Hamilton subsequently co-directed the documentary series Parched and Wrong Man, among others.
Selected filmography
2015 1971
2018 Discreet Airlift (short)
2018 The Trial (short)
2022 Buntowniczka Rosa Parks / The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (co-dir.)
Yoruba Richen
Yoruba Richen is a director, producer and journalist. She debuted with the 2009 documentary Promised Land about South African apartheid. In the following years, she made the award-winning The New Black, about the gay rights struggle among African Americans, and the famous The Green Book: Guide to Freedom, about the birth of the African-American middle class. She has also worked as a director on several documentary series, including Black and Missing and Frontline.
Selected filmography
2009 Promised Land
2013 The New Black
2016 Reconception (short)
2018 Crooked Lines (short)
2019 The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2020 The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show
2022 Buntowniczka Rosa Parks / The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (co-dir.)
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