Hallmark Channel's The Watsons Go To Birmingham, a Hallmark Channel Original Movie, will World Premiere tonight, Friday, September 20 (8pm Et/Pt, 7C). Produced Tonya Lewis Lee, the upcoming film adaptation of the historical fiction novel of the same name by Christopher Paul Curtis, is directed by Kenny Leon (Lifetime's Steel Magnolias remake). The film's cast includes: Anika Noni Rose, David Alan Grier, Skai Jackson, Latanya Richardson, Wood Harris, Bryce Jenkins, Pauletta Washington and Harrison Knight. Co-produced by Nikki Silver, The Watsons Go To Birmingham centers on an African...
- 9/20/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In a summer fraught with hate and strife, the Watsons reacted with love and kindness. They were but one family, and a fictional one at that.
But the Newbery Medal-winning book "The Watsons Go to Birmingham," perfectly captures the drama of the civil rights movement. And Hallmark Channel perfectly captures Christopher Paul Curtis' book in its Friday, Sept. 20, movie.
"The real heartbeat of this movie is love," says Anika Noni Rose ("Dreamgirls," "The Good Wife"). "This family loves each other so hard."
"Wilona loves her husband enough to leave her central unit, her family, and go someplace she does not know or understand," Rose tells Zap2it of her character. "She loves her children enough to uproot them and bring them to another place, which is almost another time."
Using period cars and costumes, director Kenny Leon focuses on the huge issues through the filter of a family. Set in 1963, this opens in Flint,...
But the Newbery Medal-winning book "The Watsons Go to Birmingham," perfectly captures the drama of the civil rights movement. And Hallmark Channel perfectly captures Christopher Paul Curtis' book in its Friday, Sept. 20, movie.
"The real heartbeat of this movie is love," says Anika Noni Rose ("Dreamgirls," "The Good Wife"). "This family loves each other so hard."
"Wilona loves her husband enough to leave her central unit, her family, and go someplace she does not know or understand," Rose tells Zap2it of her character. "She loves her children enough to uproot them and bring them to another place, which is almost another time."
Using period cars and costumes, director Kenny Leon focuses on the huge issues through the filter of a family. Set in 1963, this opens in Flint,...
- 9/20/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Hallmark Channel presents The Watsons Go To Birmingham, a Hallmark Channel Original Movie set to have its World Premiere tonight, September 20 8p.m. Etpt, 7C. TonyR Award winner and GrammyR Award nominee Anika Noni Rose 'Dreamgirls,' 'The Princess and the Frog,' 'The Good Wife' stars along with three-time TonyR Award nominee and GrammyR Award nominee David Alan Grier 'Porgy and Bess,' 'Peeples,' 'In Living Color', Skai Jackson 'Jessie', Latanya Richardson 'The Fighting Temptations', Wood Harris 'The Wire,' 'Remember The Titans', Bryce Jenkins 'Easy A,' 'Have A Little Faith' and Harrison Knight 'We the Party'.
- 9/20/2013
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Hallmark Channel's The Watsons Go To Birmingham, a Hallmark Channel Original Movie, will World Premiere on Friday, September 20 (8pm Et/Pt, 7C). Produced Tonya Lewis Lee, the upcoming film adaptation of the historical fiction novel of the same name by Christopher Paul Curtis, is directed by Kenny Leon (Lifetime's Steel Magnolias remake). The film's cast includes: Anika Noni Rose, David Alan Grier, Skai Jackson, Latanya Richardson, Wood Harris, Bryce Jenkins, Pauletta Washington and Harrison Knight. Co-produced by Nikki Silver, The Watsons Go To Birmingham centers on an African American...
- 8/30/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Hallmark Channel has announced that The Watsons Go To Birmingham, a Hallmark Channel Original Movie, will World Premiere on Friday, September 20 (8pm Et/Pt, 7C). Produced Tonya Lewis Lee, the upcoming film adaptation of the historical fiction novel of the same name by Christopher Paul Curtis, is directed by Kenny Leon (Lifetime's Steel Magnolias remake). The film's cast includes: Anika Noni Rose, David Alan Grier, Skai Jackson, Latanya Richardson, Wood Harris, Bryce Jenkins, Pauletta Washington and Harrison Knight. Co-produced by Nikki Silver, The Watsons Go To Birmingham centers on an...
- 7/18/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Here's your first look at producer Tonya Lewis Lee's upcoming film adaptation of historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go To Birmingham, which Kenny Leon (Lifetime's Steel Magnolias remake) is directing currently. The film's cast includes: Anika Noni Rose, David Alan Grier, Skai Jackson, Latanya Richardson, Wood Harris, Bryce Jenkins, Pauletta Washington and Harrison Knight. Co-produced by Nikki Silver, The Watsons Go To Birmingham adapts Christopher Paul Curtis' 1995 novel which centers on an African American family living in the town of Flint, Michigan, who visit their...
- 5/7/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Two men arrive at a building and re-stock a vending machine One of them is dating a Czech woman. A man passes them and they stare back at him. How long were they undercover that they stare when he's looking right at them. He runs and they give chase, culminating in a rooftop shoot out, where the man is shot and falls over the edge of the roof. One goes to check and tells the other to call it in. Cal (Tim Roth) leaves dinner with Gillian (Kelli Williams) and Alex (Tim Guinee), who has to work late. He seems to have misplaced his glasses. Cal follows and spies him with a blonde, whom he introduces to Cal as a friend when he returns his glasses to him. Cal is then sent a text to investigate a shooting by the Mayor's department and he and Ria (Monica Raymund) meet up...
- 12/19/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
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