MLK FBI, Field of Vision and Play/Action Pictures present ; a TradeCraft Films production ; written by Benjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli ; produced by Benjamin Hedin ; directed by Sam Pollard
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MLK FBI, Field of Vision and Play/Action Pictures present ; a TradeCraft Films production ; written by Benjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli ; produced by Benjamin Hedin ; directed by Sam Pollard
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
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MLK FBI
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
1285323651
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Field of Vision and Play/Action Pictures present ; a TradeCraft Films production ; 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
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MLK/FBIMartin Luther King, Jr. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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- Documentary films
- Cointelpro -- History
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Intelligence service + History -- 20th century
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Feature films
- Civil rights movements + History -- 20th century
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
- Undercover operations + History -- 20th century
- Hoover, J. Edgar, John Edgar, 1895-1972
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
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- Cointelpro -- History
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Intelligence service + History -- 20th century
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Feature films
- Civil rights movements + History -- 20th century
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
- Undercover operations + History -- 20th century
- Hoover, J. Edgar, John Edgar, 1895-1972
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
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