MLK FBI
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Physical Description:
videodisc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - Edition: Widescreen.
- Publisher: New York, NY : IFC Films, [2022]
Content descriptions
General Note: | 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. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Robert Chappell ; editor, Laura Tomaselli ; score composed by Gerald Clayton. |
Participant or Performer Note: | James Comey, Beverly Gage, Martin Luther King Jr. |
System Details Note: | DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1. |
Language Note: | Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | DVD 323.092 MLK (Text) | 000163945 | Video | Available | - |
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.