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King in the wilderness / HBO Documentary Films presents ; a Kunhardt Films production ; written by Chris Chuang ; produced by George Kunhardt, Teddy Kunhardt ; directed by Peter Kunhardt.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 148962 | Films Media Group/HBOSeries: HBO documentary filmsPublisher: [New York, NY] : HBO Home Box Office, [2018]Distributor: New York, NY : Films Media Group Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 323.092 23
LOC classification:
  • E185.615 .K56 2018
Production credits:
  • Producers, George Kunhardt, Teddy Kunhardt ; written by Chris Chuang ; director of photography, Clair Popkin ; music by Saul Simon MacWilliams.
Summary: From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful protest in the face of an increasingly unstable country. Illuminating and poignant, the documentary - which is tied to the 50th anniversary of King's death - reveals a conflicted leader whose successes were punctuated in his final years by an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum, whether the Black Power movement, who saw his nonviolence as weakness, or President Lyndon B. Johnson, who viewed his anti-Vietnam War speeches as irresponsible. With compassion and clarity, King in the Wilderness unearths a stirring new perspective into Dr. King's character, his radical doctrine of nonviolence, and his internal philosophical struggles prior to his death, inviting a sense of penetrating intimacy and insight into one of the most profound thinkers of our time.
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Follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful protest in the face of an increasingly unstable country.

DVD-R, wide screen (16:9 ; 1.78:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.

This disc is a burned DVD-R and may not play in some DVD payers or drives.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Originally released by Home Box Office, 2018.

Producers, George Kunhardt, Teddy Kunhardt ; written by Chris Chuang ; director of photography, Clair Popkin ; music by Saul Simon MacWilliams.

TV-14.

From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful protest in the face of an increasingly unstable country. Illuminating and poignant, the documentary - which is tied to the 50th anniversary of King's death - reveals a conflicted leader whose successes were punctuated in his final years by an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum, whether the Black Power movement, who saw his nonviolence as weakness, or President Lyndon B. Johnson, who viewed his anti-Vietnam War speeches as irresponsible. With compassion and clarity, King in the Wilderness unearths a stirring new perspective into Dr. King's character, his radical doctrine of nonviolence, and his internal philosophical struggles prior to his death, inviting a sense of penetrating intimacy and insight into one of the most profound thinkers of our time.

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