WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY, THE: SELMA, LORD, SELMA (TV)
Summary
One of this series of Disney movies presented under the umbrella title "The Wonderful World of Disney." This made-for-television movie is based on the real events that took place in the 1960s in Selma, Alabama, during the civil rights movement, as seen from the eyes of a young girl, Sheyann Webb.
The program begins with Sheyann meeting Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the first day he arrives in town to begin a series of peaceful demonstrations as a push to get blacks registered to vote. Next, a white preacher, Jonathan Daniels arrives in town to aid in the demonstrations, boarding with the family of Sheyann's best friend. Meanwhile, Sheyann's parents and school teacher are somewhat leery of her burgeoning interest in politics.
Dr. King and his followers prepare for a demonstration in front of the voter registration building, while the Ku Klux Klan burns crosses to scare them off. On the day of the demonstration, Dr. King and others get arrested for speaking out. Sheyann continues pushing for freedom. With Dr. King sitting in jail, Sheyann, Jonathan, and others prepare to march to Montgomery in protest, while police troops try to stop them. Commercials deleted.
(Network varies; this series was also telecast on NBC from 1961 to 1981 and on CBS from 1981 to 1983.)
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Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 17, 1999 7:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:28:21
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:55982
- GENRE: Docudrama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Civil rights movement - Drama; African-American Collection - Drama;
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1997-2008
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Julian Fowles … Executive Producer
- Robert Katz … Executive Producer
- Moctesuma Esparza … Executive Producer
- Christopher Seitz … Producer
- Charles Burnett … Director
- Cynthia Whitcomb … Writer
- Sheyann Webb … Based on the book by
- Rachel West Nelson … Based on the book by
- Frank Sikora … Based on the book by
- Stephen James Taylor … Music by
- Jurnee Smollett … Cast, Sheyann Webb
- Mackenzie Astin … Cast, Jonathan Daniels
- Clifton Powell … Cast, Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Yolanda King … Cast, Miss Bright
- Stephanie Zandra Peyton … Cast, Rachel West
- Ella Joyce … Cast, Betty Webb
- Afemo Omilami … Cast, John Webb
- Von Coulter … Cast, Tom West
- Margo Moorer … Cast, Alice West
- Elizabeth Omilami … Cast, Amelia Boynton
- Bret Rice … Cast, Sheriff Pots
- Danny Nelson … Cast, Father Whitaker
- Zach Rogers … Cast, Jimmie Lee Jackson
- L. Warren Young … Cast, Hosea Williams
- Laura-Shay Griffin … Cast, Sallie Parker
- Tom Nowicki … Cast, Mayor Smitherman
- Bob Banks … Cast, Reverend Reese
- Leland Jones … Cast, Rev. Albert Brock
- Richard Reed … Cast, John Lewis
- Faruq Jenkins … Cast, Willie
- Brian Beegle … Cast, Jarvis
- James Mayberry … Cast, Emmet
- Kyle Orlando Massey … Cast, Brother Webb
- George Faughnan … Cast, Officer Peters
- James Van Harper … Cast, Deputy Jesse
- Alex Van … Cast, Deputy Greenwood
- Patty Mack … Cast, Margaret/Singer
- Gerald Brown … Cast, Owen Worker
- Sean Treadaway … Cast, Selma Deputy Sheriff
- Whitt Brantley … Cast, Head Trooper
- Tom Turbiville … Cast, White Store Owner
- Teena Flowers … Cast, Choir Singer