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The Watsons go to Birmingham [videorecording] / Arc Entertainment and Walden Media present ; a Tonik production ; produced by Philip Kleinbart ; produced by Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver ; teleplay by Tonya Lewis Lee and Stephen Glantz & Caliope Brattlestreet ; directed by Kenny Leon.

Bechtold, Jim, (television producer.). Brattlestreet, Caliope, (screenwriter.). Chressanthis, James, (director of photography.). Glantz, Stephen, (screenwriter.). Goodspeed, Margie, (editor of moving image work.). Harris, Wood, 1969- (actor.). Jackson, Skai, (actor.). Jenkins, Bryce Clyde, (actor.). Kleinbart, Philip, (television producer.). Knight, Harrison, 1991- (actor.). Lee, Tonya Lewis, (screenwriter.). Leon, Kenny, (television director.). Richardson, LaTanya, 1949- (actor.). Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- (actor.). Warren, Mervyn, (composer (expression)). Wells, Brian, (television producer.). ARC Entertainment (Firm), (presenter,, film distributor.). Tonik Productions, (film production company.). Walden Media, (presenter.).

Summary:

Chronicles the ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, and how they are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Tonik Productions, 2013.
  • Distributor: [Santa Monica, CA] : ARC Entertainment, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the book by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, James Chressanthis ; editor, Margie Goodspeed ; music, Mervyn Warren.
Participant or Performer Note:
Anika Noni Rose, Wood Harris, Latanya Richardson Jackson, David Alan Grier, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, Harrison Knight, Skai Jackson.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA Rating: PG.
Original Version Note:
Originally released as a made-for-television motion picture in 2013.
Language Note:
Close-captioned.
Subject:
Curtis, Christopher Paul > Film adaptations.
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 > Drama.
African American families > Michigan > Flint > Drama.
Civil rights movements > United States > Drama.
Racism > United States > Drama.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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