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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher 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
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Garrow, David J., 1953- FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. : from "Solo" to Memphis
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robert Chappell ; editor, Laura Tomaselli ; score composed by Gerald Clayton.
Cast: James Comey, Beverly Gage, Martin Luther King Jr.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.
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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.

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