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Martin Luther King vs. the FBI

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Sam Pollard / US, 2020 / 104 min.

Shocking documentary that reveals how the FBI publicly tried to sully the image of Martin Luther King from the late 1950s up to the moment of his assassination in 1968.

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Documentary that shows how, shortly after his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech, non-violent Afro-American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr was labelled by the FBI as a danger to the future of the United States of America.

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Persons under 9 years must be accompanied by an adultScenes from this movie may cause fear

Director

Sam Pollard

Production year

2020

Country

US

Original title

MLK/FBI

Length

104 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP

Part of

Black Light

Black Light highlights the representation of black identity in films, from 1920 to the present.

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