MLK/FBI (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Martin Luther King Jr., James Comey, Beverly Gage

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sam Pollard (Maynard), director; Laura Tomaselli (film debut), writer, editor; Benjamin Hedin (Two Trains Runnin’), writer, producer; Gerald Clayton (film debut), composer; Robert Chappell (Generation Youth), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Based on newly unearthed government files, we learn about the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King Jr. and his family, among numerous other black activists…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

MLK/FBI is the first documentary to directly tackle the US government’s concerning paranoia over peaceful black activists, including the legendary Martin Luther King Jr. whose birthday as celebrated around a commemorative federal holiday this movie is released in time for.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH JANUARY 2021 (AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL)

 

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