Mighty Times: The Children's March
Encyclopedia
Mighty Times: The Children's March is a 2004
short documentary film
about the Birmingham
civil rights marches. It was directed by Robert Houston
and produced by Robert Hudson
. The film won an Academy Award in 2005
for Documentary Short Subject
. The film was co-produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center
and HBO.
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
short documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the Birmingham
Birmingham campaign
The Birmingham campaign was a strategic movement organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the unequal treatment that black Americans endured in Birmingham, Alabama...
civil rights marches. It was directed by Robert Houston
Robert Houston
Robert Houston is an American actor and filmmaker from California. Robert first became known for his character Bobby in Wes Craven's 1977 horror classic The Hills Have Eyes. He directed the samurai epic Shogun Assassin in 1981. Robert also wrote and directed a few more mainly independent films in...
and produced by Robert Hudson
Robert Hudson (producer)
Robert Hudson is a documentary filmmaker, born May 23, 1960 in Seattle, Washington. He won an Academy Award in the category Documentary Short Subject for the film Mighty Times: The Children's March.-Filmography:* Rock The Boat...
. The film won an Academy Award in 2005
77th Academy Awards
The 77th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2004 and were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by comedian Chris Rock.The nominees were announced on January 25, 2005...
for Documentary Short Subject
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
. The film was co-produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an American nonprofit civil rights organization noted for its legal victories against white supremacist groups; legal representation for victims of hate groups; monitoring of alleged hate groups, militias and extremist organizations; and educational programs that...
and HBO.
Cast
- Dominiqua Alexis - Interviewed Protestor (as Dominiqua Lint)
- Rico E. Anderson - D.J. Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart
- Josh Evans - Police Interrogator / Firefighter
- Kali Hawk - Lenore, Protestor on the news
- Jessica Joy Kemock - Townsperson
- Tony Otto - Birmingham Police Officer
- Jeremy Rodriguez - Joe
- Rick Sharp - Jail Interrogator reenactment