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Rosa Parks is pictured in this photo. "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" asserts that her refusal to to cede her seat to a white man on a city bus in 1955 was not a spontaneous act, but an intentional choice rooted in two decades of activism. (Courtesy of Peacock)

Rosa Parks documentary disappoints, despite commendable designs

The filmmakers of "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" have a rock-solid thesis. Unfortunately, the documentary has miscalculations with its narrative and a tendency to regard its subject uncritically.

Civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. smiles during a talk with U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, not pictured, in this undated photo. The federal holiday that celebrates the iconic civil rights leader is observed Jan. 18. (CNS/Yoichi Okamot
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