Film

The Boy King

7.0198631mDrama

Director: Billy J. Parrott
Year: 1986

Focuses on young Martin Luther King Jr.'s early encounters with prejudice and how the love and courage of his family moved him to speak out against segregation and become a leader in the civil rights movement.

Top cast

Howard Rollins

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Walter Franks

M.L.

Denise Burse

Bunch

Candice Afia

Christine King

Bree Shannon

Christine King

Jarrett Ellis Beal

A.D.

Georgia Allen

Mama

Bill Withers

Lou Walker

Rev. Otis

Directed by

Billy J. Parrott

Written by

Rand Hopkins