Mighty Times: The Children's March (2004)

Directed by

Robert Houston

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

40 min

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the 1963 Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama. It focuses on the schoolchildren who bravely marched for civil rights. They faced violent opposition but helped change the country.

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What happens

Mighty Times: The Children's March is a 2004 American short documentary film about the Birmingham, Alabama civil rights marches in the 1960s, highlighting the bravery of young activists involved in the 1963 Children's Crusade. It was directed by Robert Houston and produced by Robert Hudson. In 2005, the film won an Oscar at the 77th Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject. The film was co-produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center and HBO. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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