DVD

MLK FBI

Garrow, David J., 1953- Motion picture adaptation of (work): FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. : from "Solo" to Memphis. (Added Author). Pollard, Sam, (film director.). Hedin, Benjamin, (film producer,, screenwriter.). Tomaselli, Laura, (screenwriter.). Comey, James B., Jr., 1960- (on-screen participant.). Gage, Beverly, (on-screen participant.). King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 (on-screen participant.). Field of Vision, (presenter.). Play/Action Pictures, (presenter.). TradesCraft Films, (production company.). IFC Films, (publisher.). James Comey, Beverly Gage, Martin Luther King Jr. (Cast).

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.

Record details

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).