''Mighty Times: The Children's March'' is a 2004 American short

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about the

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, Alabama civil rights marches in the 1960s, highlighting the bravery of young activists involved in the 1963

Children's Crusade The Children's Crusade was a failed Popular crusades, popular crusade by European Christians to establish a second Latin Church, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Holy Land in the early 13th century. Some sources have narrowed the date to 1212. ...

."Beyond the ordinary"
''Georgia Straight'', by Ken Eisner on May 19, 2005 It was directed by Robert Houston and produced by Robert Hudson. In 2005, the film won an

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at the

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for Documentary Short Subject. The film was co-produced by the

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and

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* Dominiqua Alexis as Interviewed Protester (as Dominiqua Lint) *

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as D.J. Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart * Josh Evans as Police Interrogator / Firefighter * Kali Hawk as Lenore, Protester on the news * Jessica Joy Kemock as Townsperson * Tony Otto as Birmingham Police Officer * Jeremy Rodriguez as Joe * Rick Sharp as Jail Interrogator reenactment * Stephen Keber as Bull Connor

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