MLK/FBI.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered 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...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered 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 film, 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (106 min.) : sound, color |
| Production Credits: | Director, Sam Pollard; producer, Benjamin Hedin; cinematographer, Robert Chappell; editor, Laura Tomaselli. |