MLK FBI / Field of Vision and Play/Action Pictures present ; a TradesCraft Films production ; written by Benjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli ; produced by Benjamin Hedin ; directed by Sam Pollard.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: IFC14260DVD | IFC FilmsLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: New York, NY : IFC Films, [2022]Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Cointelpro -- History
- Undercover operations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Director of photography, Robert Chappell ; editor, Laura Tomaselli ; score composed by Gerald Clayton.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
James Comey, Beverly Gage, Martin Luther King Jr.
Director of photography, Robert Chappell ; editor, Laura Tomaselli ; score composed by Gerald Clayton.
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.
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.