Boycott (2001)

Directed by Clark Johnson · Cinematography by David Hennings

PG118 min133 frames

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The Story of Martin Luther King and One Act of Defiance That Changed a Nation

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What is Boycott about?

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.

Boycott is a 2001 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Clark Johnson, and starring Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr. The film, based on the book Daybreak of Freedom by Stewart Burns, tells the story of the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott. It won a Peabody Award in 2001 "for refusing to allow history to slip into 'the past.'"

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What does the cinematography of Boycott look like?

Across 133 sampled frames, medium shots dominate the coverage of Boycott (80% of the sample). Cinematographer David Hennings keeps 58% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 86% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Boycott?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Boycott (2001) are #312d2b, #d3cfc9, #4f4d4b, #11100f, #fafaf8, #8c7b6b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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