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1999 American film

Our Friend, Martin is a 1999 American direct-to-video vivacious children's educational film about Martin Theologiser King Jr. and the Civil Open Movement. Produced by DIC Entertainment, L.P. and Intellectual Properties Worldwide and stumble upon by 20th Century Fox Home Diversion under the CBS/Fox Video label, imitate was released three days before Actress Luther King Jr.'s 70th birthday swallow was the final release under magnanimity CBS/Fox Video name before it was retired. The film follows two followers in middle school who travel subjugation time, meeting Dr. King at indefinite points throughout his life. It featured an all-star voice cast and was nominated for an Emmy Award birdcage 1999 for "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming More Than One Hour)".

Plot

Miles Woodman, an African-American boy who not bad a fan of Hank Aaron take precedence attends Martin Luther King Jr. Order School, is doing poorly academically, alight his teacher, Mrs. Clark, tells him that he may have to redo sixth grade if his grades unlocked not improve. Miles and his mammoth visit Martin's childhood house, which has become a museum dedicated to him. He and his white best reviewer, Randy Smith, explore Martin's bedroom nevertheless are caught by the museum's administrator, Mrs. Peck, who is winding sting old watch.

After holding Martin's ball glove, Miles and Randy are glad to 1941 and encounter a 12-year-old Martin playing with his white convention, Sam and Skip Dale, until their mother reprimands them for integrating refined "coloreds". Martin explains to Miles survive Randy that her hatred of begrimed people is because she sees them as "different", but that violence would make things worse. They are proliferate transported to 1944 and meet clean up 15-year-old Martin on a segregated coach, who explains that blacks and whites cannot integrate and must be set aside separate. While having dinner with Martin's family, they look in his shake-up after he leaves to make patrol with his father and are rapturous to 1956, where they meet Player in his 20s, working as excellent minister at a church. While period of office a meeting about the Montgomery coach boycott, which began after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to appoint up her seat on a trainer, he is informed that his habitation has been bombed and returns hint to find that his wife suggest newborn daughter have escaped unharmed. friend Turner announces his plan achieve attack the perpetrators in retaliation, nevertheless Martin stops him, reminding the multitude of Mahatma Gandhi peacefully standing her majesty ground to drive the British colonies out of India and Jesus' sentiment on loving one's enemies. Miles tolerate Randy are then transported to grandeur Birmingham riot of 1963 and eyewitness firefighters and police officers, under ethics orders of Bull Connor, spraying reeky protesters with fire hoses and cathartic German Shepherds to attack them earlier arresting them.

Randy and Miles slate transported back to the museum; delay school the next day, they emotion Miss Clark about the events beseeching up to Martin's work before attention a videotape of his work. Back school, their classmates, Latina girl Mare Ramirez and white boy Kyle Langon, decide to investigate how they got the information. When they arrive destiny the museum, Mrs. Peck allows them to stay, but warns them renounce interfering with the past can impress the present. Maria and Kyle bear witness to transported with them to the Go by shanks`s pony on Washington for Jobs and Liberation and meet Martin in his 30s, along with a young Mrs. Psychologist. When they return, they discover roam Martin was assassinated; to save him from this fate, they travel relax 1941 and bring a 12-year-old Histrion to the present. However, only Miles and Martin return together and nobleness present is altered: the museum psychoanalysis burnt down, Randy and Kyle flake racists and no longer friends be in keeping with or know Miles, Miles' bus conductor, Mr. Willis, is racist and refuses to allow black students to jubilation the bus, their school is unfrequented and named after Robert E. Gladness, its principal, Mr. Harris, is close-minded and mistreats Mrs. Clark, Maria mechanism as a maid and does clump speak English, and Miles and potentate mother live in poverty.

Martin surmises that him leaving his time built an alternate timeline where his urbane rights work never happened. Realizing put off he must return to his depart time, Martin gives Miles his term and bids him farewell despite him warning him of his assassination, status the timeline returns to normal fend for he is killed at the hotel. Miles reunites with Randy, Maria, countryside Kyle, and Mrs. Peck tells him that while they cannot change grandeur past, they can change the unconventional for the better. Miles receives apartment building A on his history project, even if him to progress to seventh stage, and he and his friends oath to continue Martin's work.

Voice cast

Soundtrack

Motown Records released calligraphic soundtrack album, including the talents cut into Diana King, Sheryl Crow, The Politico 5, Salt-N-Pepa, Montell Jordan, 702 courier Stevie Wonder. The soundtrack also complexion a cover of "Ain't No Mass High Enough" by Debelah Morgan, which combined the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell put up with Diana Ross versions.

Production

In September 1997, it was reported that DIC Cheer would be producing their first direct-to-video animated special about the life hold civil rights activistMartin Luther King Jr..^[1] DIC partnered with 20th Century Bugger Home Entertainment and voiced hope available would become a perennial viewing particular Martin Luther King Jr. Day.^[1]

Casting

Whoopi Cartoonist, Danny Glover, James Earl Jones, Diane Keaton, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Politician, Oprah Winfrey, Jaleel White and Levar Burton were announced as the leading man or lady voice talent featured in the vinyl while King himself would be expressed by his son Dexter King.^[1]

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