A television film based on the book, produced by Walden Media, premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2013.[17] It was directed by Kenny Leon and starred Anika Noni Rose, Wood Harris, Latanya Richardson, Skai Jackson, and David Alan Grier.[18] The movie condensed events and characters in Flint from the first half of the novel and added new scenes of Kenny and Byron helping local youths organize civil rights events in Birmingham. Walden Media also collaborated with the Southern Poverty Law Center to develop educational materials that would help teachers in Alabama teach their students about the Civil Rights Movement through the film.[17]
In addition to this, another adaptation of the book was a play. Dramatic Publishings had this play that was adapted by Reginald André Jackson, and is based from the book by Christopher Paul Curtis. [19]
