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1985 · drama · iranian

Boycott

Directed by Clark Johnson1h 58m1985
ElsewhereIMDb7.11kTMDB6.718
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Heavy, steady, measured drama / iranian, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.

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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.

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You want a solid historical drama about the Montgomery bus boycott and civil rights.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 25attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou want fiction or high drama without real history lessons.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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