Rosa Tag

Though everyone knows the story of Rosa Parks’ refusal to rise from her seat on a bus at some point and the impact it had on the Civil Rights Movement, few know the story of the girl behind the motion. Peacock’s latest documentary, The Rebellious Lifetime of Mrs. Rosa Parks, finally pulls back the curtain on the girl whose easy “no” became the spark that led to the blaze of desegregation within the Jim Crow South in the course of the 1950’s. The film tells the unexpected story of Parks and her life beyond the historic bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, turning Parks’ story on its head and revealing the intent behind her activism, her radical politics and the true extent...