Disney presents a truly inspiring motion picture that accurately captures one of the most historically significant events in the struggle for civil rights! In 1965, during the turbulent early days of the right-to-vote movement, a young Alabama school girl is inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to resist the degradation that her fellow African-Americans are suffering. Along with a white seminary student from the north…and against the ever-increasing threat of racial violence…she promises to do what she can to help Dr. King’s efforts. Based on a powerful true story that will both uplift and entertain — their perseverance and patience ultimately prevail, culminating in the famous civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery!
An adaptation of a memoir by Sheyann Webb-Christburg, Rachel West Nelson and Frank Sikora. Webb-Christburg and West were young girls at the time of the march, ages 8 and 9, respectively.
Starring Jurnee Smollett, Mackenzie Astin, Clifton Powell, Ella Joyce, Yolanda King.
Not rated, but many educators use this film in teaching middle school aged children about the civil rights movement.