1985 · drama · iranian
Boycott
Directed by Clark Johnson1h 58m1985
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our read: Boycott (1985) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · iranian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / iranian, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- intense
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