Based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis and executive-produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien, this crucial documentary on the “mother of the Civil Rights movement,” Rosa Parks, is a comprehensive telling of the icon’s lifelong dedication to activism. The film chronicles her historic role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, her work in politics alongside Congressman John Conyers in Detroit, and the many causes along the way, such as voting rights and reparations, that she fearlessly championed until her death in 2005.

Yoruba Richen’s latest film The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and will stream on Peacock. Other recent films include the Emmy-nominated, How It Feels to Be Free and The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show. Her film, The Killing of Breonna Taylor aired on FX/Hulu and won an NAACP Image Award. Yoruba is also a Guggenheim and Fulbright fellow and is the founding director of the Documentary Program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.