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Booker
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Screenplay by	John Allman Charles Eric Johnson
Directed by	Stan Lathan
Starring	Shavar Ross CCH Pounder Thalmus Rasulala James Bond III Shelley Duvall Judge Reinhold
Composer	Webster Lewis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Avon Kirkland
Producer	Whitney Green
Cinematography	John Else Ashley James
Editor	Stephen Stept
Running time	56 minutes
Production company	New Images Productions
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	October 1, 1984 (1984-10-01)

Booker is a 1984 American biographical short television film directed by Stan Lathan, and starring Shavar Ross, CCH Pounder, Thalmus Rasulala, Shelley Duvall, and Judge Reinhold. Its plot follows the early life of civil rights activist Booker T. Washington. The film first screened on the Disney Channel on October 1, 1984.

Cast

Booker was named to the ALA Notable Children's Videos list in 1984.

Booker (DVD). Feature Films for Families. 2005 . OCLC 904889936.
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"Booker (1984)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
Notable children's films and videos, filmstrips, and recordings, 1973-1986. Chicago: ALA. 1987. ISBN 978-0-8389-3342-8. Retrieved 2024-02-15.

v t e Booker T. Washington
Life	Tuskegee Institute George Washington Carver 1895 Atlanta Exposition Speech Atlanta Compromise National Negro Business League 1901 White House dinner Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary Lecture
Books	The Future of the American Negro (1899) Up from Slavery (1901) Character Building (1902) The Negro Problem (editor, 1903) Working with the Hands (1904) Tuskegee & Its People (1905) The Negro in the South (1907)
Honors	Booker T. Washington National Monument Booker T. Washington State Park (Tennessee) Booker T. Washington State Park (West Virginia) Booker Mountain SS Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar Carver-Washington half dollar High Schools
Portrayals	A Guest of Honor (1903 opera) Booker (1984 film) Theodore Roosevelt (2022 miniseries)
Related	Fannie Smith Washington (first wife) Olivia A. Davidson (second wife) Margaret Murray Washington (third wife) Giles v. Harris African American founding fathers of the United States

v t e Films directed by Stan Lathan
Save the Children (1973) Amazing Grace (1974) A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982) Beat Street (1984) Booker (1984) Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) Killin' Them Softly (2000) Sticks & Stones (2019) The Closer (2021)