In the News
2013-09-14
The Watsons Go to Birmingham will be available on DVD/Blu-ray Tuesday exclusively at Walmart, and will be rebroadcast Friday at 8/7c on Hallmark Channel. Below, a roundup of the latest headlines about the film.
- David Alan Grier discusses ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ – Los Angeles Times
- Tonya Lee Steps Up – The Daily Beast
- ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’s’ Anika Noni Rose and David Alan Grier revisit 1960s segregation – Zap2It
- Burlington-based team tries to restore a family habit – Boston Globe
- Guiding Forces Behind “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” – Good Morning America
- Montgomery County teacher among first to see ‘Watsons Go To Birmingham’ – Montgomery Gazette
- “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” Hopes to Draw Young People – Newsday
- The 10-Year Journey of Hallmark’s “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” – Eurweb
- World remembers 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victims on 50th anniversary – USA Today
- Empowerment Week wraps up with a day of remembrance – FOX-WBRC
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- ‘The Watsons’ takes viewers to 1963 – Zap2It
- ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ to premier Sunday at Strand Theater – Boston.com
- Executive Producer Tonya Lee Lewis on “Wake Up Alabama” (video) – CBS42
- Anika Noni Rose returns to the South for ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ – AL.com
- Screening of ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ in Birmingham humbling and emotional says producer Tonya Lewis Lee – AL.com
- Hundreds came out to watch ‘The Watsons go to Birmingham’ (video) – Alabama’s 13
- Civil Rights Center to screen ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ – Montgomery Advertiser
- Fall TV Preview: Old Hits Return, New Worlds Open – New York Times
- Civil Rights Movie To Premiere In September – Times-Herald
- ‘Watsons Go to Birmingham’ aims to teach youth about civil rights movement – The Grio
- Kenny Leon revels in his role in bringing Emmy and Tony-worthy turns out of actresses – HispanicBusiness.com
- Read It Forward project to engage Birmingham fourth-graders in 50th anniversary of civil rights movement – AL.com
