Title:
MLK FBI / Field of Vision and Play/Action Pictures present ; a Tradecraft Films production ; written by Benjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli ; produced by Benjamin Hedin ; directed by Sam Pollard.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : IFC Films, [2022]
[Silver Spring, Maryland] : RLJ Entertainment
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Widescreen.
Title from disc surface.
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.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1.
Summary:
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 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 restored footage of King, Pollard urges us to remember that true American progress is always hard-won. -- Provided by publisher.
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Language Note:
English audio; subtitled in English for people who are deaf or hard of hearing (SDH).
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
Performer:
James Comey, Beverly Gage, Martin Luther King Jr.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Robert Chappell ; editor, Laura Tomaselli ; score composed by Gerald Clayton.
OCLC Number:
on1285323651
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1