Alabama History: Movies/Media

Folly & Death -- Crown fitting -- Wine tasting -- Africatown -- Royal preparations -- Who you invite into your home -- Roots -- Brittain's luncheon -- Goodwill tour -- Night parade -- Letter to the editor -- Two key ceremonies -- MCA coronation -- MAMGA rehearsal & coronation -- Comrades ball -- Fat Tuesday -- Real queen of Mardi Gras -- End credits.

Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the deep south defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century. Performed by Sissy Spacek

Based on the novel: Big fish / by Daniel Wallace.
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth.

Dramatic biography of Rosa McCauley Parks, who in 1955 created the spark that began the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964.