Sins of the Father (film)

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Sins of the Father
Directed by Robert Dornhelm
Written by John Pielmeier
Starring Tom Sizemore
Richard Jenkins
Connor Price
Music by Harald Kloser
Thomas Wanker
Cinematography Derick V. Underschultz
Editing by Victor Du Bois
Distributed by FX
Release date(s) January 6, 2002
Running time 93 minutes
Country United States
Language English
IMDb profile

Sins of the Father is a 2002 American docudrama directed by Robert Dornhelm. The teleplay by John Pielmeier is based on a Texas Monthly article by Pamela Colloff chronicling the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama.

The film was shot in Toronto. The cast includes Tom Sizemore, Richard Jenkins, Connor Price, Ving Rhames, andColm Feore.

Rhames was nominated for the Black Reel Award for Best Actor and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Pielmeier's teleplay earned him nominations for the Humanitas Prize and the Writers Guild of America Award.

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