The Watsons Go to Birmingham (DVD)

Based on the bestselling book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, this film chronicles the ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, and how they are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit "All American Family" made up of Daniel and Wilona Watson, (Wood Harris and Anika Noni Rose) and their three kids, 15 year-old juvenile delinquent Byron (Harrison Knight), nerdy 11 year-old Kenny (Bryce Clyde Jenkins) and eight year-old adorable sister Joetta (Skai Jackson). When Byron's antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough, and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' (LaTanya Richardson) no-nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama.

So the Watsons load up the car and head South with plenty of comedy en route. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert (David Alan Grier) and discover that life is very different there than in Flint - and not necessarily for the better. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron's misbehavior. Something that will change their lives and country forever.

This film is rated PG.