Bibliograph

MLK/FBI, IFC Films ; Field of Vision and Play/Action Pictures ; written by Benjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli ; produced by Benjamin Hedin ; directed by Sam Pollard

Type

Label

MLK/FBI, IFC Films ; Field of Vision and Play/Action Pictures ; written by Benjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli ; produced by Benjamin Hedin ; directed by Sam Pollard

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

TV rating: TV-PG (IMDb)

Main title

MLK/FBI

Responsibility statement

IFC Films ; Field of Vision and Play/Action Pictures ; written by Benjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli ; produced by Benjamin Hedin ; directed by Sam Pollard

Runtime

106

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 (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 restored footage of King, Pollard urges us to remember that true American progress is always hard-won. -- Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Martin Luther King/Federal Bureau of Investigation

Classification