MLK FBI
DVD - 2022
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered today as an American hero: a bridge-builder, a shrewd political tactician, and a moral leader. Yet throughout his history-altering political career, he was often treated by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies like an enemy of the state. In this virtuosic documentary, award-winning editor and director Sam Pollard (Editor, 4 Little Girls, Mo' Better Blues; Director/Producer, Eyez on The Prize, Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me) lays out a detailed account of the FBI surveillance that dogged King's activism throughout the '50s and '60s, fueled by the racist and red-baiting paranoia of J. Edgar Hoover. In crafting a rich archival tapestry, featuring some revelatory re...stored footage of King, Pollard urges us to remember that true American progress is always hard-won. -- Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Genres
- documentary film
Nonfiction films
History
Film adaptations
Feature films
Biographies
Biographical films
Documentary films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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New York, NY :
IFC Films
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Corporate Author
- Other Authors
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- Item Description
- Title and credits from screen.
Widescreen. 1:85:1
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2020.
Based upon the book "The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.: from 'Solo' to Memphis" by David J. Garrow. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen and fullscreen; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Robert Chappell ; editor, Laura Tomaselli ; score composed by Gerald Clayton.